The entropy of capitalism:
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Main Author: Biel, Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden BRILL 2011
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-375 and indexes
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 391 pages)
ISBN:9789004204294
9004204296

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