{"product_id":"capitalism-abdullah-calan-9781629636528","title":"Capitalism: The Age of Unmasked Gods and Naked Kings (Manifesto of the Democratic Civilization, Volume II)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor years Abdullah ﾖcalan has unraveled the sources of hierarchical relations, power, and the formation of nation-states that has led to capitalism's emergence and global domination.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cem\u003eCapitalism: The Age of Unmasked Gods and Naked Kings\u003c\/em\u003e is the second volume of his definitive five-volume work \u003cem\u003eThe Manifesto of the Democratic Civilization\u003c\/em\u003e. He makes the convincing argument that capitalism is not a product of the last four hundred years but a continuation of classical civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike Marx, ﾖcalan sides with Braudel by giving less importance to the mode of production than to the accumulation of surplus value and power, thus centering his criticisms on the capitalist nation-state as the most powerful monopoly of economic, military, and ideological power. He argues that the fundamental strength of capitalist hegemony, however, is the competition in voluntary servitude that a market economy has given rise to--not a single worker would reject higher wages--resulting in an unprecedented ability to convince people to surrender their individual power and autonomy. ﾖcalan further contends that the capitalist phase of city-class-state-based civilization is not the last phase of human intelligence; rather, the traditional morals upon which it is based are being exhausted and the intelligence of freedom is rising in all its richness. That is why he prefers to interpret capitalist modernity as the era of hope--but only insofar as we are able to develop a sustainable defense against it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abdullah ﾖcalan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1629636525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629636528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Abdullah ﾖcalan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43983640592639,"sku":"9781629636528","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fcb00b7e-b382-4a38-915b-43baa3c570cf.jpg?v=1683267857","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/capitalism-abdullah-calan-9781629636528","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}