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Autore |
Biel Robert <1945-> |
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Titolo |
The entropy of capitalism [[electronic resource] /] / by Robert Biel |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-31058-9 |
9786613310583 |
90-04-20429-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (401 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in critical social sciences, , 1573-4234 ; ; v. 39 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Capitalism |
Marxian economics |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Understanding the Limits and Decay of the Capitalist Mode of Production -- Capitalism as an Adaptive System -- The ‘Systemic Turn’ in Capitalist Political Economy -- The Era of Feedback from Entropy -- Militarism and State Terrorism as a Response to Crisis -- Organisation of the Twenty-First Century International System -- Contradictions in the Contemporary Phase of Imperialist Governance, and the Forces for Change within It -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The project of applying general systems theory to social sciences is crucial in today’s crisis when social and ecological systems clash. This book concretely demonstrates the necessity of a Marxist approach to this challenge, notably in asserting agency (struggle) as against determinism. It similarly shows how Marxism can be reinvigorated from a systems perspective. Drawing on his experience in both international systems and low-input agriculture, Biel explores the interaction of social and physical systems, using the conceptual tools of thermodynamics and information. He reveals the early twenty-first century as a period when capitalism starts parasitising on the chaos it itself creates, notably in the link between the two sides of imperialism: militarism (the ‘war on terror’) and speculative finance capital. |
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