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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819539003321

Autore

Derber Charles.

Titolo

Marx's ghost : midnight conversations on changing the world / / by Karl Marx as told to Charles Derber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-63352-3

1-317-25628-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MarxKarl (Spirit),  <1818-1883.>

Disciplina

335.4

Soggetti

Political science - Philosophy

World politics - Philosophy

Capitalism - Philosophy

World politics - 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2011 by Paradigm Publishers"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

13 Communism Collapses and History Ends14 The Globalization of TINA; 15 Liberals and TINA; 16 Even the Left Has Given Up the Ghost; Part III Super-Capitalist Crises and the Regime of Death; 17 The Ghost Gets Socratic and Talks History; 18 The Ghost Talks about Capitalism and the Great Recession; 19 The Ghost Talks Crisis and Systemic Risk; 20 The Real Truth about the Great Recession of 2008-and the Secret of Capitalist Crises; 21 Nickel and Dimed: Yes, It's Capitalism, Stupid; 22 Capitalism against Society: Extreme Inequality and Social Breakdown

23 Mature Capitalism Equals Social Problems on Steroids24 The Great Recession: Is It the End of Capitalism as We Know It?; 25 Another Ghost, John Maynard Keynes, Joins the Conversation; 26 A Third Ghost, Hyman Minsky, Enters the Scene; 27 A Fourth Ghost, Milton Friedman, Makes a Surprise Appearance; 28 Lessons of the Crisis; 29 The Ghost Says That Capitalism Has Already Disappeared; 30 The Ghost Begins Mapping the Twenty-First Century; 31 The Time Crunch; 32 The War System in an Age of WMD; 33 Capitalism, Imperialism, and War without End

34 War and Nationalism: The Culture of Capitalism and Winning the Hearts and Minds of Workers at Home35 Climate Change, Capitalism, and the Threat to Survival; 36 How Climate Change and Environmental



Destruction Are in the DNA of Capitalism; 37 More on Unsustainable Capitalism-the God of Growth and the Surfeit of Coerced Consumption; Part IV The Ghost Doesn't Promise a Rose Garden; 38 Watch Out What You Wish For; 39 Retro-Alternatives and the Reactionary Classes; 40 Right Wing Populism and Today's Reactionary Classes

Sommario/riassunto

Renowned American sociologist Charles Derber imagines a surprise encounter with Karl Marx's ghost in London's Highgate cemetery, leading to a night-long conversation about the problems plaguing the world.