William I. Robinson

Global Civil War (eBook, ePUB)

Capitalism Post-Pandemic

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Following up on his earlier best-seller, The Global Police State, this exciting new study by critically-acclaimed scholar and activist William I. Robinson offers a big-picture contribution to understanding contemporary global society in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic. It puts forth an original and cutting-edge exposé of the radical transformation of global capitalism now underway, driven by new digital technologies and turbo-charged by the pandemic. It provides shocking data and analysis on the concentration of power and control in the hands of corporate conglomerates, tech giants, mega-banks, and the military-industrial complex. The book documents the extent of unprecedented global inequalities as the mass of humanity faces violent dispossession and uncertain survival. Enabled by digital applications, the ruling groups, unless they are pushed to change course by mass pressure from below, will turn to ratcheting up the global police state to contain the global revolt. If the book issues a dire warning against the emergence of a dystopic digitalized dictatorship it also finds great hope and inspiration in the burgeoning social movements of the poor and the dispossessed as humanity descends into global civil war. While deeply analytical and theoretically sophisticated, the study is written in such a style that it is eminently accessible to a wider public beyond the academy. While the work will satisfy scholars, it is destined to become a companion text to those struggling on the frontlines for global social justice and a more hopeful future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: PM Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781629639536
• Artikelnr.: 63375135

Autorenporträt

William I. Robinson is Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Global Studies, and Latin American Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Among his many award-winning books are: Global Capitalism and the Crisis of Humanity (2014), Into the Tempest: Essays on the New Global Capitalism (2018), and The Global Police State (2020).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms
Introduction: Global Capitalism Post-Pandemic
Chapter One: The Crisis of Capitalist Rule
Chapter Two Digitalized Dictatorship: The Transformation of Global
Capitalism
Chapter Three: Whither the Global Revolt?
Conclusions: The End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End?
Endnotes
Select Bibliography
Author’s Bio