Obsolescent Capitalism

Contemporary Politics and Global Disorder

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by Samir Amin

Zed Books

Due/Published January 2004, 208 pages, paper

ISBN 1842773216

Is capitalism's function now restricted to maintaining the wealth of the wealthy in the world, while the poor, condemned to remain out of the loop, are increasingly demonized as the enemy? This is the theme of Samir Amin's book, in which the celebrated analyst presents a synoptic view of capitalism's future. He depicts a world in which NATO has taken over the role of the United Nations, in which US hegemony is more or less complete, in which millions are condemned to die in order to preserve the social order of the US, Europe and Japan. Amin's analyses of the Gulf War, the wars in former Yugoslavia and the war in Central Asia reveal the scope of US strategic aims. He argues that the political and military dimension of US dominance is as significant as US economic preponderance in determining the future of capitalist development

Contents

The Political Economy of the 20th Century
Tools for Analysis and Action
The Redeployment of Capitalism
The New Collective Imperialism
The Miltarisation of the New Collective Imperialism
Senile Capitalism and World Chaos
Elements for a non-American 21st Century