The entropy of capitalism /

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Author / Creator:	Biel, Robert, 1945-
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 391 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 39 Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 39.
Subject:	Capitalism. Marxian economics.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8924329

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ISBN:	9789004204294 (electronic book) 9789004204300 (hbook : alk. paper) 900420430X (hbook : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-375 and indexes. Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Summary:	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.

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