{"product_id":"the-entropy-of-capitalism-9789004204300","title":"The Entropy of Capitalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Biel\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthropology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47891251855511,"sku":"9789004204300","price":17788.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789004204300.webp?v=1781182861","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-entropy-of-capitalism-9789004204300","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}