cam a22 4 4500 114100039 CHVBK 20200828075716.0 110715s2012 ne 00 eng| 2011029699 015869945 Uk 978-90-04-20430-0 hbk. : alk. paper 90-04-20430-X hbk. : alk. paper (OCoLC)748349556 (IDSBB)005948631 (OCoLC)748349556 (OCoLC)748330822 DLC SzZuIDS BS/BE A125 kids HB501 .B4937 2012 330.12/2 23 330 15 Biel Robert The entropy of capitalism by Robert Biel Leiden Brill 2012 vii, 391 p. ill. Text txt rdacontent/ger ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen n rdamedia/ger Band nc rdacarrier/ger Studies in critical social sciences vol. 39 39 (IDSBB)004310308 271890452 Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-375 and indexes The project of applying general systems theory to social sciences is crucial in today's crisis when social and ecological systems clash. This book concretely demonstrates the necessity of a Marxist approach to this challenge, notably in asserting agency (struggle) as against determinism. It similarly shows how Marxism can be reinvigorated from a systems perspective. Drawing on his experience in both international systems and low-input agriculture, Biel explores the interaction of social and physical systems, using the conceptual tools of thermodynamics and information. He reveals the early twenty-first century as a period when capitalism starts parasitising on the chaos it itself creates, notably in the link between the two sides of imperialism: militarism (the 'war on terror') and speculative finance capital Capitalism Marxian economics Marxismus (DE-588)4037764-7 gnd Wirtschaftstheorie (DE-588)4079351-5 gnd Kapitalismus (DE-588)4029577-1 gnd BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 vw SzZuIDS BS/BE IDSBB A125 A125 125F1 UBW_QD_110 145 NELA1251209 IDSBB 100 1- Biel Robert IDSBB 490 0- Studies in critical social sciences vol. 39 39 (IDSBB)004310308 271890452 IDSBB DSV51 DSV01 A100 http://www.ub.unibas.ch/tox/IDSBB/005948631/PDF pdf VIEW Inhaltsverzeichnis SWISSBIB 114100039