Foretelling the End of Capitalism - Intellectual Misadventures Since Karl Marx

The end of capitalism is always around the corner. Why do we keep predicting its demise, and how has it survived so many external shocks and internal contradictions? Francesco Boldizzoni traces the history of a prophecy unrealized and identifies the source of capitalism¿s durability: its rootedness in Western social hierarchies and individualism.

About the author

Francesco Boldizzoni is Professor of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the author of two books about economic and intellectual history, The Poverty of Clio: Resurrecting Economic History and Means and Ends: The Idea of Capital in the West, 1500–1970.

Summary

The end of capitalism is always around the corner. Why do we keep predicting its demise, and how has it survived so many external shocks and internal contradictions? Francesco Boldizzoni traces the history of a prophecy unrealized and identifies the source of capitalism’s durability: its rootedness in Western social hierarchies and individualism.

Product details

• Authors: Francesco Boldizzoni
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.2020
• EAN: 9780674919327
• ISBN: 978-0-674-91932-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Capitalism, General & world history, Popular economics, General and world history, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Free Enterprise & Capitalism