Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism / Edition 1

by V. I. Lenin

Overview

In Lenin's now classic work Imperialism, he accounts for the increasing importance of the world market in the twentieth century. The concept of imperialism lies at the very heart of Marxist analysis and debate and Lenin offers a prescient scenario of a world shaken by competitive instability, war and crisis, dominated by monopolies, the merging of finance and industrial capital, and fierce territorial competition. Itâ (TM)s relevance is now greater than ever.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780745310350
Publisher:	Pluto Press
Publication date:	08/20/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Rudolf Rocker (1873-1958) was a leading figure in the international anarchist movement. Politically active in Britain, Germany and the United States for more than half a century, Rocker helped found several influential anarchist groups. His prolific lectures and writings made him one of the best-known proponents of liberty and freedom. Anarcho-Syndicalism, the most accessible of his works, was first published in 1938 and is now regarded as a classic survey of anarchism at a critical point in world politics.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	ix
	Preface to the Russian edition	1
	Preface to the French and German editions	3
	Imperialism: the highest stage of capitalism	9
1	Concentration of production and monopolies	11
2	The banks and their new role	27
3	Finance capital and financial oligarchy	45
4	The export of capital	61
5	The division of the world among capitalist combines	67
6	The division of the world among the great powers	77
7	Imperialism as a special stage of capitalism	89
8	The parasitism and decay of capitalism	101
9	The critique of imperialism	113
10	The place of imperialism in history	127