Historical Capitalism. Capitalist Civilization

What factors determine the economic development of society? What is the role of capitalism in shaping world politics? What has led to the emergence of global inequalities? This book is an engaging exploration that will help you understand how the modern world was formed. The author analyzes the economic functioning of the capitalist system, the role of the state in capital accumulation, and the role of scientific culture as a powerful social weapon of the 'powerful of this world'. Special attention is given to various myths of the capitalist system, demonstrating the mechanism of action of the ideological tandem 'racism - universalism'. I. Wallerstein also offers a 'balance sheet' of the achievements and failures of capitalist civilization, as well as an analysis of those internal dilemmas that historical capitalism is unable to solve and which have already brought it to the edge of the abyss. The publication will be useful not only for specialists but also for a wide range of readers interested in sociology, economics, politics, and the fates of the modern world.