GLOBALIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS: THE RISE OF POSTMODERN SOCIALISMS

Burbach, R; Nunez, O; Kagarlitsky, B

ISBN 10: 0745311709 / ISBN 13: 9780745311708

Published by Pluto, London, 1997

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196pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: GLOBALIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS: THE RISE OF POSTMODERN SOCIALISMS
• Publisher: Pluto, London
• Publication Date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0745311709
• ISBN 13: 9780745311708
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Economics

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Synopsis

The decisive event of the late twentieth century has been the collapse of communism and the perceived triumph of capitalism. Written by authors from the First, former Second, and Third Worlds, this book reveals the characteristics and flaws of the late capitalist order. The authors explore the societal polarisation produced by globalization, the crisis of Western ideology, and the soft financial underbelly of globalization that could well bring us to an economic collapse. The perspective of this provocative book goes beyond those of the traditional left and the relativist, anti-historical school of postmodernism to offer an entirely fresh view of the world order.

About the Author

Boris Kagarlitsky is a Russian Marxist theoretician and sociologist who has been a political dissident in the former Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. He is the author of many books, his latest being The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left. In 2023 he was detained under Putin’s regime for speaking out against the war in Ukraine, and in February 2024 he was sentenced to five years in a penal colony. Since then, the Daniel Singer Foundation designated him as the recipient of its 2024 Prisoner of Conscience Award.