War and Money
The Imperialism of the Dollar
Published on 10. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-80429-656-1 (ISBN)
Description
Maurizio Lazzarato's War and Money explores the connections between capitalist expansion, international economic conflict, and war, via an analysis of the imperialism of the American dollar. He examines why contemporary left-wing theorists such as Michel Foucault and Antonio Negri have failed to recognize war as a fundamental aspect of capitalism. Renewed readings of Marx, Lenin, and Rosa Luxemburg argue for class struggle against capitalist war as a fundamental aspect of leftist theory.
Reviews / Votes
Lazzarato's book is brimming with bold and far-reaching arguments that challenge our understandings of the dominant order and the paths toward revolution. -- Michael Hardt, author of <i>The Subversive Seventies</i>More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
208 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80429-656-1 (9781804296561)
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05/2025
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Persons
MAURIZIO LAZZARATO is an Italian sociologist and philosopher residing in Paris. In the 1970s, he was active in the workers' movement Autonomia Operaia. Lazzarato is a founding member of the editorial board of the journal Multitudes, a researcher at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University, and a member of the International College of Philosophy in Paris. He is the author of War and Violence and The Intolerable Present, the Urgency of Revolution, among others.