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In a groundbreaking new study, acclaimed scholar of global capitalism William I. Robinson presents a bold, original, and timely 'big picture' analysis of the unprecedented global crisis. Robinson synthesizes the different economic, social, political, military, and ecological dimensions of the crisis, applying his theory of global capitalism to elucidate these multidimensional and interconnected aspects. Addressing urgent issues such as economic stagnation, runaway financial speculation, unprecedented social inequalities, political conflict, expanding wars, and the threat to the biosphere, he illustrates how these different dimensions relate to one another and stem from the underlying contradictions of a global system spiralling out of control. This is a significant theoretical contribution to the study of globalization and capitalist crisis, in which Robinson concludes that the conditions for global capitalist renewal are becoming exhausted.
List of contents
Acknowledgements; Introduction: towards a theory of global capitalist exhaustion; 1. Structural crisis: overaccumulation; 2. Crisis of social reproduction; 3. Legitimacy crisis, geopolitical conflict, and global police state; 4. Collapse of the biosphere; 5. Into the vortex; Select bibliography.
About the author
William I. Robinson is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Global and International Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the acclaimed author of numerous award-winning books, including Global Capitalism and the Crisis of Humanity (Cambridge, 2014), and is a frequent speaker on a wide range of current topics, among them global politics and economics, capitalist crises, and resistance movements. His theory of global capitalism has been hailed as a theoretical milestone in understanding the dynamics of the contemporary global order.
