To understand how capitalism has come to engulf our world, we must understand how it developed out of classical civilization. Its historical roots lie in the emergence of hierarchies, power, monopolies, and the nation-state, argues Abdullah Öcalan. Capitalism: The Age of Unmasked Gods and Naked Kings is the second book in a new five-volume work called Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization. Together, they present the synthesis of Öcalan's political thinking. This volume completes his journey through the history of civilizations, preparing the ground for the upcoming volume on The Sociology of Freedom.…mehr
To understand how capitalism has come to engulf our world, we must understand how it developed out of classical civilization. Its historical roots lie in the emergence of hierarchies, power, monopolies, and the nation-state, argues Abdullah Öcalan. Capitalism: The Age of Unmasked Gods and Naked Kings is the second book in a new five-volume work called Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization. Together, they present the synthesis of Öcalan's political thinking. This volume completes his journey through the history of civilizations, preparing the ground for the upcoming volume on The Sociology of Freedom.
Abdullah Ocalan actively led the Kurdish liberation struggle as the head of the PKK from its foundation in 1978 until his abduction on 15th February 1999. He is a leading strategist and the most important political representative of the Kurdish freedom movement. Under isolation conditions at Imrali Island Prison, Ocalan authored more than 10 books which revolutionised Kurdish politics, including The Political Thought of Abdullah Ocalan (Pluto, 2017), and Prison Writings, Volumes I and II (Pluto, 2007; 2011).
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Editorial Note by International Initiative Preface by Radha D’Souza Reading Öcalan As a South Asian Woman Introduction Section 1: Factors That Gave Rise to Capitalism—The Thief in the House 1. A—Rationalism * 1. Mentality and the Human * 2. Reason and Society 2. B—Economism 3. C—Capitalism, Political Power and Law 4. D—The Location of Capitalism 5. E—Historical-Societal Civilizations and Capitalism Section 2: The Mortal Enemy of Economy—The Unmasked God, Naked King and Commander Money in His Own Palace * A—Capitalism is Not Economy but Power * B—Evidence That Capitalism is Not Economy * C—Relationship of Capitalism in Relation to Space and Time of the Societal and Civilizational Reality * D—The Situation in Europe at the Birth of Capitalism Section 3: The Nation-State, the Modern Leviathan—the Descent of God on Earth * A—The Phenomenon of Nation and its Development * B—Defining the State * C—The Ideology of the Capitalist Civilization and Its Elevation to Religion * D—The History of the Hebrew Tribe—In Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust * E—Power in Capitalist Modernity * F—Capitalist Modernity and Nation-State Section 4: The Time of Capitalist Modernity * A—Monopolist Merchant Capitalism * B—Industrial Revolution and the Age of Industrialism * C—The Financial Age—Commander Money Conclusion— Is a Compromise between State Civilization and Democratic Civilization Possible? Illustrations Editorial Note by International Initiative Preface by Radha D’Souza Reading Öcalan As a South Asian Woman Introduction Section 1: Factors That Gave Rise to Capitalism— The Thief in the House A—Rationalism 1. Mentality and the Human 2. Reason and Society B—Economism C-Capitalism, Political Power and Law D-The Location of Capitalism E-Historical-Societal Civilizations and Capitalism Section 2: The Mortal Enemy of Economy— The Unmasked God, Naked King and Commander Money in his own Palace A—Capitalism is not Economy but Power B—Evidence that Capitalism is not Economy C—Relationship of Capitalism in Relation to Space and Time of the Societal and Civilizational Reality D—The Situation in Europe at the Birth of Capitalism Section 3: The Nation-State, The Modern Leviathan—The Descent of God on Earth A—The Phenomenon of Nation and its Development B—Defining the State C—The Ideology of the Capitalist Civilization and its elevation to Religion D-The History of the Hebrew Tribe—In Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust E- Power in Capitalist Modernity F- Capitalist Modernity and Nation-State Section 4: The Time of Capitalist Modernity A-Monopolist Merchant Capitalism B—Industrial Revolution and the Age of Industrialism C—The Financial Age – Commander Money 5. Conclusion— Is a Compromise between State Civilization and Democratic Civilization Possible? Illustrations
Editorial Note by International Initiative Preface by Radha D’Souza Reading Öcalan As a South Asian Woman Introduction Section 1: Factors That Gave Rise to Capitalism—The Thief in the House 1. A—Rationalism * 1. Mentality and the Human * 2. Reason and Society 2. B—Economism 3. C—Capitalism, Political Power and Law 4. D—The Location of Capitalism 5. E—Historical-Societal Civilizations and Capitalism Section 2: The Mortal Enemy of Economy—The Unmasked God, Naked King and Commander Money in His Own Palace * A—Capitalism is Not Economy but Power * B—Evidence That Capitalism is Not Economy * C—Relationship of Capitalism in Relation to Space and Time of the Societal and Civilizational Reality * D—The Situation in Europe at the Birth of Capitalism Section 3: The Nation-State, the Modern Leviathan—the Descent of God on Earth * A—The Phenomenon of Nation and its Development * B—Defining the State * C—The Ideology of the Capitalist Civilization and Its Elevation to Religion * D—The History of the Hebrew Tribe—In Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust * E—Power in Capitalist Modernity * F—Capitalist Modernity and Nation-State Section 4: The Time of Capitalist Modernity * A—Monopolist Merchant Capitalism * B—Industrial Revolution and the Age of Industrialism * C—The Financial Age—Commander Money Conclusion— Is a Compromise between State Civilization and Democratic Civilization Possible? Illustrations Editorial Note by International Initiative Preface by Radha D’Souza Reading Öcalan As a South Asian Woman Introduction Section 1: Factors That Gave Rise to Capitalism— The Thief in the House A—Rationalism 1. Mentality and the Human 2. Reason and Society B—Economism C-Capitalism, Political Power and Law D-The Location of Capitalism E-Historical-Societal Civilizations and Capitalism Section 2: The Mortal Enemy of Economy— The Unmasked God, Naked King and Commander Money in his own Palace A—Capitalism is not Economy but Power B—Evidence that Capitalism is not Economy C—Relationship of Capitalism in Relation to Space and Time of the Societal and Civilizational Reality D—The Situation in Europe at the Birth of Capitalism Section 3: The Nation-State, The Modern Leviathan—The Descent of God on Earth A—The Phenomenon of Nation and its Development B—Defining the State C—The Ideology of the Capitalist Civilization and its elevation to Religion D-The History of the Hebrew Tribe—In Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust E- Power in Capitalist Modernity F- Capitalist Modernity and Nation-State Section 4: The Time of Capitalist Modernity A-Monopolist Merchant Capitalism B—Industrial Revolution and the Age of Industrialism C—The Financial Age – Commander Money 5. Conclusion— Is a Compromise between State Civilization and Democratic Civilization Possible? Illustrations
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