Capitalism: The Age of Unmasked Gods and Naked Kings

by Abdullah ïcalan, Havin Guneser (Translator), Radha D'Souza (Preface by)

Overview

To understand how capitalism has come to engulf our world, we must understand how it developed out of classical civilization. Its historical roots lie in the emergence of hierarchies, power, monopolies, and the nation-state, argues Abdullah Öcalan.

Capitalism: The Age of Unmasked Gods and Naked Kings is the second book in a new five-volume work called Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization. Together, they present the synthesis of Öcalan’s political thinking. This volume completes his journey through the history of civilizations, preparing the ground for the upcoming volume on The Sociology of Freedom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788293064480
Publisher:	New Compass Press
Publication date:	02/15/2018
Series:	Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization , #2
Pages:	342
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Abdullah Öcalan is the founder of the PKK and a seminal thinker of the Kurdish freedom movement. His ideas, shaped by decades-long research and political struggle, has been a major inspiration for the ongoing revolution in Rojava.

Havin Guneser is an engineer, journalist, and women's rights activist. She is a spokesperson for the International Initiative "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan-Peace in Kurdistan."

Radha D'Souza is a social justice activist, writer, and critic. She teaches law at the University of Westminster, and works with the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC). Her latest work is "What's Wrong with Rights?" (2018).

Table of Contents

Editorial Note by International Initiative

Preface by Radha D’Souza

Introduction

Section 1: The Rise of Capitalism

— Rationalism

— The Capitalist Mentality

— Economism

— Capitalism’s Relationship With Political Power and Law

— The Location of Capitalism

— Historical Societal Civilizations and Capitalism

Section 2: The Mortal Enemy of Economy

— Capitalism is not Economy but Power

— Evidence that Capitalism is Anti-Economy

— Capitalism in Relation to Society, Civilization, and History

— The Situation in Europe at the Onset of Capitalism

Section 3: The Modern Leviathan

— The Phenomenon of Nation and its Development

— Defining the State

— The Ideology of Capitalist Civilization and its Religionization

— In Memory of the Victims of the Jewish Genocide

— Powers in Capitalist Modernity

— Capitalist Modernity and the Nation-State

Section 4: Capitalist Modernity

— Monopolist Merchant Capitalism

— Industrial Revolution and the Age of Industrialism

— The Age of Finance

Conclusion

Illustrations

Notes

Index

Editorial Reviews

"Those who control our minds rule over us. Those who rule over us control what we know, how we know, and how much we know. Öcalan’s concern in this text is the “mentality” that enslaves us, willingly even, to the destructive power of capitalism. This “mentality” makes us complicit in the destruction of society. His concern is to find ways to re-establish “the mental structures” that are needed to bring social life to the center stage of our deliberations."

— Radha D’Souza

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