Imperialism, Crisis and Class Struggle ：The Enduring Verities and Contemporary Face of Capitalism. Essays in Honour of James Petras ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：The Enduring Verities and Contemporary Face of Capitalism. Essays in Honour of James Petras

Publication series ：1

Author： Veltmeyer   Henry  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2010

E-ISBN: 9789004186484

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004184145

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004184145

Subject： C91 Sociology

Language： ENG

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This book of essays, written in honour of James Petras, address some of the most critical issues of our time: those of imperialism, crisis and class struggle. These issues allow the authors to identify both the ‘the enduring verities and contemporary face of capitalism’ and Petras’ contributions.

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Contents

pp.：  5 – 6

The Making of a Revolutionary and Anti-imperialist

pp.：  7 – 8

Chapter One James Petras, Scholar and Revolutionary: An Appreciation

pp.：  9 – 24

Chapter Two James Petras and that 'Long Petal of Wine, Sea and Snow'

pp.：  25 – 44

Capitalism and Marxist Theory

pp.：  45 – 46

Chapter Three Trotsky and Latin American Development Theory

pp.：  47 – 72

Chapter Four Capitalism, Primitive Accumulation and Unfree Labour

pp.：  73 – 138

Chapter Five Farewell to Imperialism? A Critical Sociological Study of Empire

pp.：  139 – 156

Capitalism in the Era of Neoliberalism: A System in Crisis

pp.：  157 – 158

Chapter Six The Class Nature of Neoliberal Globalization in the Age of Imperialism

pp.：  159 – 176

Chapter Seven The Migration-Development Nexus: A Marxist Class Perspective

pp.：  177 – 196

Chapter Eight The Financialization of the Capitalist Class: Monopoly-Finance Capital and the New Contradictory Relations of Ruling Class Power

pp.：  197 – 208

Chapter Nine Food, Water and Fuel: The Crisis of Life under Capitalism

pp.：  209 – 224

Political Dynamics of US Imperialism

pp.：  225 – 226

Chapter Ten ‘Not about to Lose Chile’: Democratic Socialism Confronts the Imperial State

pp.：  227 – 260

Chapter Eleven The Rational Destruction of Yugoslavia

pp.：  261 – 278

Chapter Twelve James Petras on the Israeli Lobby, Occupied Palestine and US-Israeli Militarism

pp.：  279 – 290

List of Contributors

pp.：  291 – 294

James Petras—Selected Publications

pp.：  295 – 298

References

pp.：  299 – 316

Index

pp.：  317 – 326

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