The Origin of Capitalism - A Longer View
Verlag | Verso |
Auflage | 2017 |
Seiten | 224 |
Format | 12,9 x 19,8 x 1,8 cm |
Gewicht | 204 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 1786630680 |
EAN | 9781786630681 |
Bestell-Nr | 78663068UA |
In The Origin of Capitalism, a now-classic work of history, Ellen Meiksins Wood offers readers a clear and accessible introduction to the theories and debates concerning the birth of capitalism, imperialism, and the modern nation state. Capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor simply an extension of age-old practices of trade and commerce. Rather, it is a late and localized product of very specific historical conditions, which required great transformations in social relations and in the relationship between humans and nature.
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The Origin of Capitalism was one of those 'Aha!' moments. Wood was an extraordinarily rigorous and imaginative thinker, someone who breathed life into Marxist political theory and made it speak-not to just to me but to many others-at multiple levels: historical, theoretical, political. Corey Robin Jacobin