Spectres of Capitalism: A Critique of Current Intellectual Fashions

by Samir Amin, Shane Mage

Amin, one of the most influential economists today, examines the changing notion of crisis in capitalism; misconceptions of the free market model; the various distortions of Marx's method; the role of culture in revolutions; the decline of the "law of value" in economics; the philosophical roots of postmodernism; how telecommunications affect ideology; and the myth of "pure economics."

Genres: Economics, Theory, Philosophy, Politics

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Samir Amin (Arabic: سمير أمين) (3 September 1931 – 12 August 2018) was an Egyptian-French Marxian economist, political scientist and world-systems analyst. He is noted for his introduction of the term Eurocentrism in 1988 and considered a pioneer of Dependency Theory.

Reviews

[Samir Mechel]

Better than I’d remember on the re-read. Essay six on postmodernity is the best, but one, two, five, and eight are also worth reading.