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Author:   Andrea Micocci
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9780739167182

ISBN 10:   0739167189
Pages:   390
Publication Date:   16 December 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Individual, State, Community Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Contradiction, Mediation, Opposition Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Capitalism, Politics and Political Theories Chapter 5 Chapter 4. The Pretended Variety of Economic Ideas Chapter 6 Chapter 5. Classical Liberalism Chapter 7 Chapter 6. Economic Liberalism Chapter 8 Chapter 7. Utopian Socialisms and Russian Nihilism Chapter 9 Chapter 8. Marx Chapter 10 Chapter 9. Marxisms. Leninism and Stalinism, Trotzkysm Chapter 11 Chapter 10. Anarchism Chapter 12 Chapter 11. Revisions of Marxism, Fall of the Totalitarian ""Socialist"" Regimes Chapter 13 Chapter 12. Democratic Theories, Conservatism Chapter 14 Chapter 13. Christian Ideas of Social Reform Chapter 15 Chapter 14. Nationalism, Racism Chapter 16 Chapter 15. Imperialism, Theories of Underdevelopment Chapter 17 Chapter 16. Fascisms Chapter 18 Chapter 17. Communitarianism and Neoliberalism Chapter 19 Chapter 18. New Ideas or New Movements? Chapter 20 Chapter 19. Terrorism Chapter 21 Chapter 20. Moderation against Revolution, Tolerance"

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<p>In this remorseless critique of modern ideologies Andrea Micocci targets what he calls the metaphysics of capitalism informing them. Up-ending our normal assumptions, he argues that it is the true revolutionaries who champion individuality and toleration against the homogenizing tendencies of capitalism. This is a powerful challenge to the common sense of both the status quo and its conventional critics. -- Alex Callinicos, King's College, London

This is a daring book that one may like or not like, but represents in the clearest way the nature of capitalism s convoluted nature while explaining with extreme clarity the perverse mechanisms of its resilience. The author brilliantly holds the reader s attention through a journey in the history of ideas to come to the conclusion that moderation is the bond that keeps us socially and culturally tied, whereas revolution means individual emancipation. Revolution is the non-violent quest for individual freedom in a materialistic sense and in Micocci s view has nothing to do with the bureaucratic and totalitarian organization propagandized at the time of the Soviet Union. This book dispels many misconceptions and popularly held beliefs and is recommended to unprejudiced readers. Mino Vianello, University of Rome--Mino Vianello

Author Information

Andrea Micocci teaches economics at the University of Malta Link Campus, Rome, and International Economic Policies at the Facoltà di Studi Politici e per l'Alta Formazione Europea e Mediterranea Jean Monnet of Seconda Università of Naples, San Leucio (CS), Italy.

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