Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the Twenty-First Century - Couverture rigide

Arrighi, Giovanni

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1844671046 ISBN 13 : 9781844671045

Editeur : Verso Books, 2007

Synopsis

In the late eighteenth century, the political economist Adam Smith predicted an eventual equalization of power between the conquering West and the conquered non-West. In this magisterial new work, Giovanni Arrighi shows how China's extraordinary rise invites us to read The Wealth of Nations in a radically different way than is usually done. He examines how the recent US attempt to bring into existence the first truly global empire in world history was done in order to counter China's spectacular economic success of the 1990s, and how the US's disastrous failure in Iraq has made the PRC the true winner of the US War on Terror. In the 21st century, China, he argues, may well become again the kind of non-capitalist market economy that Smith described, under totally different domestic and world-historical conditions.

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À propos de l'auteur

GIOVANNI ARRIGHI is Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. His books include The Long Twentieth Century, and his work has appeared in many publications, including New Left Review.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verso Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1844671046
• ISBN 13: 9781844671045
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 418
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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