This book analyzes the controversy surrounding imperialism associated with capitalist development. The last dozen years passed under the shadow of two momentous events: the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan conducted in the framework of the broader «war on terror», and the economic crisis. They occurred against the backdrop of global economic integration, but also against the contradictions in its development. Those events and processes are explained in the theory of contemporary capitalist imperialism that the author attempts to reconstruct.
This book analyzes the controversy surrounding imperialism associated with capitalist development. The last dozen years passed under the shadow of two momentous events: the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan conducted in the framework of the broader «war on terror», and the economic crisis. They occurred against the backdrop of global economic integration, but also against the contradictions in its development. Those events and processes are explained in the theory of contemporary capitalist imperialism that the author attempts to reconstruct.
Filip Ilkowski is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Warsaw. His work concerns the problems of social movements and imperialism. His fields of research include the classical and contemporary theories of capitalist imperialism.
Inhaltsangabe
Imperialism - Capitalism - Capitalist imperialism - Theories - Contemporary theoretical frameworks - Capitalist state - Accumulation of capital - Empire - Crisis - Rivalry - Geopolitics - War - Arms - Expansion - Uneven and combined development - Hardt and Negri - Wood - Gindin and Panitch - Harvey - Callinicos