To understand how capitalism has come to engulf our world, we must understand how it developed out of classical civilization. Its historical roots lie in the emergence of hierarchies, power, monopolies, and the nation-state, argues Abdullah Öcalan.
Capitalism: The Age of Unmasked Gods and Naked Kings is the second book in a new five-volume work called Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization. Together, they present the synthesis of Öcalan’s political thinking. This volume completes his journey through the history of civilizations, preparing the ground for the upcoming volume on The Sociology of Freedom.
Table of Content
Editorial Note by International Initiative
Preface by Radha D’Souza
Introduction
Section 1: The Rise of Capitalism
— Rationalism
— The Capitalist Mentality
— Economism
— Capitalism’s Relationship With Political Power and Law
— The Location of Capitalism
— Historical Societal Civilizations and Capitalism
Section 2: The Mortal Enemy of Economy
— Capitalism is not Economy but Power
— Evidence that Capitalism is Anti-Economy
— Capitalism in Relation to Society, Civilization, and History
— The Situation in Europe at the Onset of Capitalism
Section 3: The Modern Leviathan
— The Phenomenon of Nation and its Development
— Defining the State
— The Ideology of Capitalist Civilization and its Religionization
— In Memory of the Victims of the Jewish Genocide
— Powers in Capitalist Modernity
— Capitalist Modernity and the Nation-State
Section 4: Capitalist Modernity
— Monopolist Merchant Capitalism
— Industrial Revolution and the Age of Industrialism
— The Age of Finance
Conclusion
Illustrations
Notes
Index
About the author
Radha D’Souza is a social justice activist, writer, and critic. She teaches law at the University of Westminster, and works with the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC). Her latest work is ‘What’s Wrong with Rights?’ (2018).More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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