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

• Autore: Derber Charles.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 335.4
• Soggetto topico: Political science - Philosophy; World politics - Philosophy; Capitalism - Philosophy; World politics - 1989-
• Altri autori: MarxKarl (Spirit), <1818-1883.>
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Marx's ghost
• ISBN: 1-315-63352-3; 1-317-25628-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819539003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II