Refeudalization and the crisis of civilization : political essays on Latin America /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kaltmeier, Olaf, 1970- author.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Routledge, 2023. ©2023
Description:	ix, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Coping with crisis : Latin American perspectives
Subject:	Capitalism -- Latin America. Social change -- Latin America. Capitalism. Economic history. Politics and government. Social change. Social conditions. Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 1982- Latin America -- Social conditions -- 1982- Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980- Latin America.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13159816

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Varying Form of Title:	Political essays on Latin America
Other authors / contributors:	Lander, Edgardo, author.
ISBN:	9781032312552 1032312556 9781032312668 1032312661 9781003308850 9781000888911 9781000888959
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 XXI century. In Part 1, Olaf Kaltmeier, takes issue with the state of social inequality in the region, highlighting the concentration of wealth within the upper 1% of society in Latin America. Comparing the current economic situation with the ancient regime, the discussion centers around the new phenomena like billionaires as president, increased luxury consumption, an emerging culture of distinction, and the intensification of land and spatial segregation. In Part 2, Lander urgently assesses the current state and political legacy of the "Pink Tide" governments in his essay "Crisis of Civilization." Reviewing the past two decades of the new millennium, Lander critiques the failure of these governments to provide alternatives to extractivism and economic dependencies. Finally, Hans-Jürgen Burchardt connects the arguments through interviews where both authors sum their efforts to open the issues to future dialogue. Refeudalization in Latin America provides an accessible and thought-provoking political diagnosis from the Global South which departs from the oft idiosyncratic and cyclical debates of the Global North to offer new vocabulary for social change. It will interest scholars and students of global studies, sociology, and political science"--
Other form:	Online version: Kaltmeier, Olaf, 1970- Refeudalization in Latin America New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 9781003308850

Table of Contents:

The terminal crisis of the modern colonial pattern of civilization
Progressive Latin American governments in the face of civilizational crisis
Debates of the left on current anti-capitalist struggles in Latin America
Global refeudalization or Latin American 'feudal mania?'
The One percent and the refeudalization of the social structure
The refeudalization of the Economy
Consumer identities: between luxury and debt bondage
Of citadels, fortresses, and walls
Millionaires in power
From refeudalization to a new communism?
Author interview : Hans-Jürgen Burchardt.

Refeudalization and the crisis of civilization : political essays on Latin America /

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