IstvAn MeszAros's bold new study analyzes the historical choices
facing us at the outset of the new millennium. Drawing on the
theoretical arguments of his monumental and widely-acclaimed work,
Beyond Capital, MA(c)szAros shows that the economic boom of the
1990s was built not only on the foundation of new, digital
technologies but also on a new social and ethical basis. In the
global quest for profit, capitalism has abandoned its claims to
serve a larger historical cause. Even in the wealthiest capitalist
economies, unemployment has become structural and conditions of
life have become more onerous for most of the population.
The failure of capitalism's historical mission is most evident
in the end of the project of "Third World modernization" so
essential to the claims of U.S. global power to represent an
advance on old-style imperialism. MA(c)szaros develops an
illuminating analysis of the roots and tensions of the politics of
U.S. global power from the time of Roosevelt's "Open Door" policy
to the present. Against this historical background, he examines the
dilemmas which will be faced in the making of U.S. foreign policy
towards Chinathe largest and most rapidly-expanding national market
in the global economy and the newly-emerging rival to U.S. global
dominance. MA(c)szAros shows how this process is rooted in the
historical logic of contemporary capitalism, and is neither
accidental nor temporary. In the process, he gives new meaning and
urgency to the alternatives posed by Rosa Luxemburg at the
beginning of the 20th century: socialism or barbarism.
MA(c)szAros also explores the conditions for the emergence of a
radical alternative to capitalism, arguing that a
criticalre-examination of earlier movements and struggles is an
essential task for the emergence of such an alternative. As a
sequel to his essay, an extended interview deals with more
reflectively with the main categories underlying his analysis and
relates it to developments within the broader analysis of modern
society.
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