Refeudalization and the Crisis of Civilization - Political Essays By Olaf Kaltmeier and Edgardo Lander

Discussing the civilizatory crisis and processes of refeudalization this volume brings into dialogue two of the most creative approaches, in Olaf Kaltmeier and Edgardo Lander, to rethink capitalism in the 21st century.

List of contents

Introduction  1. Crisis of Civilization  2. The Refuedalization of Society  3. Author Interview

About the author

Olaf Kaltmeier is Professor of Iberoamerican History at Bielefeld University. He is director of CALAS, the Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies in the Humanities and Social Science and founding director of the Center for the Center for InterAmerican Studies (CIAS) at Bielefeld University. He has done research and teaching in Mexico, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, and the USA.
Edgardo Lander is Professor Emeritus of Social Sciences at the Universidad Central Venezuela (UCV) in Caracas. He served on the Organizing Committee of the World Social Forum held in Venezuela in 2006. As part of the Venezuelan delegation, he participated in negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas, which was ultimately defeated. Other positions include Fellow of the Transnational Institute (Amsterdam); member of the academic advisory board of CALAS (Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies); participant of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation’s Latin American Working Group on Alternatives to Development, at its regional office in Quito; and Visiting Professor in the Latin American Cultural Studies Doctoral Program at the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar in Quito, Ecuador.

Summary

Discussing the civilizatory crisis and processes of refeudalization this volume brings into dialogue two of the most creative approaches, in Olaf Kaltmeier and Edgardo Lander, to rethink capitalism in the 21st century.

Product details

• Authors: Olaf Kaltmeier, Olaf (Bielefeld University Kaltmeier, Edgardo Lander, Lander Edgardo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.06.2023
• EAN: 9781032312552
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3231255-2
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Coping with Crisis - Latin American Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Social discrimination & inequality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity