{"product_id":"capitalism-the-age-of-unmasked-gods-and-naked-kings-manifesto-of-the-democratic-civilization-volume-ii-9781629637877","title":"Capitalism: The Age of Unmasked Gods and Naked Kings (Manifesto of the Democratic Civilization, Volume II)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor years Abdullah Öcalan has unraveled the sources of \u003cbr\u003ehierarchical relations, power, and the formation of nation-states that \u003cbr\u003ehas led to capitalism's emergence and global domination.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cem\u003eCapitalism: The Age of Unmasked Gods and Naked Kings\u003c\/em\u003e is the second volume of his definitive five-volume work \u003cem\u003eThe Manifesto of the Democratic Civilization\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eHe makes the convincing argument that capitalism is not a product of the\u003cbr\u003e last four hundred years but a continuation of classical civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike Marx, Öcalan sides with Braudel by giving less importance to \u003cbr\u003ethe mode of production than to the accumulation of surplus value and \u003cbr\u003epower, thus centering his criticisms on the capitalist nation-state as \u003cbr\u003ethe most powerful monopoly of economic, military, and ideological power.\u003cbr\u003e He argues that the fundamental strength of capitalist hegemony, \u003cbr\u003ehowever, is the competition in voluntary servitude that a market economy\u003cbr\u003e has given rise to--not a single worker would reject higher \u003cbr\u003ewages--resulting in an unprecedented ability to convince people to \u003cbr\u003esurrender their individual power and autonomy. Öcalan further contends \u003cbr\u003ethat the capitalist phase of city-class-state-based civilization is not \u003cbr\u003ethe last phase of human intelligence; rather, the traditional morals \u003cbr\u003eupon which it is based are being exhausted and the intelligence of \u003cbr\u003efreedom is rising in all its richness. That is why he prefers to \u003cbr\u003einterpret capitalist modernity as the era of hope--but only insofar as we\u003cbr\u003e are able to develop a sustainable defense against it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629637877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384","brand":"Abdullah \u0026#214;calan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42896159735989,"sku":"9781629637877","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9b694b9d-777a-439f-a8ca-62a904130b3e.jpg?v=1686100752","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/capitalism-the-age-of-unmasked-gods-and-naked-kings-manifesto-of-the-democratic-civilization-volume-ii-9781629637877","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}