Imperialism and Capitalism, Volume I Historical Perspectives
This book examines the history of empire and its influence on capitalism. Taking inspiration from Vladimir Lenin’s essay Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, the thoughtful chapters explore how workers and resources in Africa, Latin America, and
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Imperialism and Capitalism, Volume I Historical Perspectives
Imperialism and Capitalism, Volume I
Dipak Basu · Victoria Miroshnik
Imperialism and Capitalism, Volume I Historical Perspectives
Dipak Basu Nagasaki University Nagasaki, Japan
Victoria Miroshnik Reitaku University Chiba, Japan
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Dedicated to The memory of Walter Briskyian, who was our constant source of inspiration
Introduction
This book in two volumes traces the historical development of capitalism and how it is related to colonialism. Without colonialism, capitalism cannot survive. At the same time, we have analyzed the alternatives to capitalism and the techniques associated with these. There is very close relationship between capitalism and imperialism. The German philosopher thinker Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919) argued in her book The Accumulation of Capital (published in 1913) that capitalism cannot survive without imperialism. She narrated the historical observation that “the extension of capitalism into new territories was the mainspring of the ‘vast secular boom’ between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries.” Luxemburg thus realized the essence of imperialism in stating that “Imperialism is the political expression of the accumulation of capital in its competitive struggle for what remains still open of the non-capitalist environment.” In her lifetime, competitive colonialism was the result of this historical process. The i
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