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" The tragedy of human development : "
Tim Di Muzio.
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855806
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Di Muzio, Tim
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The tragedy of human development : : the genealogy of capital as power /\ Tim Di Muzio.
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London ;Lanham, Maryland :: Rowman & Littlefield International, Ltd.,, [2018]
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xiii, 185 pages ;; 24 cm
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1783487135
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: 1783487143
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: 9781783487134
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: 9781783487141
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Foreword -- Prologue : the planet of the apes hypothesis -- The first power of civilizations -- Colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade -- The fossil fuel revolution -- Corporate capitalism -- Human development -- Epilogue.
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How might an objective observer conceive of what humans have accomplished as a species over its brief history? Benjamin argues that history can be judged as one giant catastrophe. Liberals suggest that this is to sombre an assessment and that human history can be read as a story of greater and greater progress in human rights, prosperity and the decrease of arbitrary and extra-judicial violence. But is there a third reading of history, one that neither interprets human history as a giant catastrophe or endless progress? Could we not say that human development has been a tragedy? This book explores the idea of human development as a tragedy from the perspective of capitalist power. Although the argument of this book draws heavily on critical political economy, the analysis considers interdisciplinary literature in an effort to explore how major revolutions have transformed human social relations of power and created certain path dependencies that may ultimately lead to our downfall as a species. Intellectually sophisticated and readable, this book offers a provocative genealogy of capitalist power and the tragedy of human development. -- Provided by publisher.
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Accounting.
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Capitalism-- Political aspects.
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Money.
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Power (Social sciences)
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Right of property.
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Accounting.
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Capitalism-- Political aspects.
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Kapitalismus
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Macht
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Money.
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Power (Social sciences)
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Right of property.
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330.12/2
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HB501.D4625 2018
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