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Häftad, Engelska, 2013
409 kr
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Drawing on his experience in international systems and low-input agriculture, political ecologist Robert Biel explores the interactions of social and physical systems. In the process he reveals the early twenty-first century as a period when capitalism starts parasitising on the chaos it creates, most notably in the link between the two sides of imperialism: militarism (the `war on terror') and speculative finance capital.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2000
1 257 kr
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This major intellectual exploration seeks to deepen our understanding of the way in which modern capitalism works. The author argues, in particular, that it has always rested in part on the unremunerated labour of women, the non-sustainable extraction of natural resources and the racist exploitation of the non-European periphery.Robert Biel explains and illuminates how it has integrated the South into a Western-dominated system of exploitation and prevented it from making the promised transition from marginality on the periphery to prosperity at the centre. And the racist implications of this.He also explores two fundamental questions. Are there really any indications that the global economy is slowly entering a long-term structural crisis? And would any significant disruption open up opportunities for new popular movements to fundamentally challenge it?Robert Biel’s work constitutes a major revitalisation of the tools of Marxism and Dependency Theory. In addition to scholars of political economy and development, it will interest activists seeking to reconstitute left politics in the age of globalisation.
Häftad, Engelska, 2000
604 kr
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This major intellectual exploration seeks to deepen our understanding of the way in which modern capitalism works. The author argues, in particular, that it has always rested in part on the unremunerated labour of women, the non-sustainable extraction of natural resources and the racist exploitation of the non-European periphery.Robert Biel explains and illuminates how it has integrated the South into a Western-dominated system of exploitation and prevented it from making the promised transition from marginality on the periphery to prosperity at the centre. And the racist implications of this.He also explores two fundamental questions. Are there really any indications that the global economy is slowly entering a long-term structural crisis? And would any significant disruption open up opportunities for new popular movements to fundamentally challenge it?Robert Biel’s work constitutes a major revitalisation of the tools of Marxism and Dependency Theory. In addition to scholars of political economy and development, it will interest activists seeking to reconstitute left politics in the age of globalisation.
136 kr
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Kurt Kardinal Koch bezieht Stellung und gibt Denkanstöße zur aktuellen Lage des Glaubens und der Kirche.Wie steht es um Glauben und Kirche in einer Welt, in der fast täglich neu sichtbar wird, dass Religion und Religionen nicht nur das Potenzial zu Barmherzigkeit und Versöhnung in sich tragen, sondern auch zu deren genauem Gegenteil? Streitigkeiten und Konflikte, soweit das Auge reicht, außerhalb wie innerhalb der Kirche. Politische, kulturelle und religiöse Motive vermischen sich. Mittendrin: Kardinal Kurt Koch, Präsident des Päpstlichen Rates zur Förderung der Einheit der Christen. In diesem sehr persönlich gefärbten Dialog-Buch, das auf Gesprächen mit Robert Biel beruht, steht Kardinal Koch den Lesern Rede und Antwort. Der Kardinal geht dabei weder heiklen noch aktuell drängenden Fragen aus dem Weg.
112 kr
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Wie begleitet die katholische Kirche das »Lutherjahr« und das »Reformationsjubiläum« 2017? Mit bewusster Hinwendung oder in kühler Distanz? Lässt sich die historische Spaltung, die im Gefolge der Reformation entstanden ist, überwinden? Gelingt es »uns Christen«, in alt-neuer Weise »wir« zu sagen? Uns die Hände zu reichen anstatt weiter im Selbstbehauptungsmodus »selbstbewusst« die Faust zu ballen? Wird das Jahr 2017 vielleicht sogar zum Ausgangspunkt neuer Sehnsucht nach Ökumene?Im Gespräch mit dem Theologen Robert Biel bezieht der in diesen Fragen federführende römische Kurienkardinal prononciert Stellung. Ein neuer »Thesenanschlag« – ökumenisch und ganz ohne Hammer.
Del 39 - Studies in Critical Social Sciences
Entropy of Capitalism
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
2 230 kr
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The project of applying general systems theory to social sciences is crucial in today’s crisis when social and ecological systems clash. This book concretely demonstrates the necessity of a Marxist approach to this challenge, notably in asserting agency (struggle) as against determinism. It similarly shows how Marxism can be reinvigorated from a systems perspective. Drawing on his experience in both international systems and low-input agriculture, Biel explores the interaction of social and physical systems, using the conceptual tools of thermodynamics and information. He reveals the early twenty-first century as a period when capitalism starts parasitising on the chaos it itself creates, notably in the link between the two sides of imperialism: militarism (the ‘war on terror’) and speculative finance capital.