Originally published in 1916, it was one of the first attempts to account for the increasing importance of the world market in the twentieth century. The essay is a synthesis of Lenin’s modifications and developments of economic theories that Karl Marx formulated in ‘Das Kapital’. This remarkable Marxist text explains fully the inescapable flaws and destructive power of Capitalism. Lenin offers a predictive scenario of a world shaken by competitive instability, warfare and crisis, dominated by monopolies, the merging of finance and industrial capital, and fierce territorial competition. Its pertinence is now greater than ever. Lenin vaticinated that those third world countries used merely as capitalist labour would have no choice but to join the Communist revolution in Russia. His theoretical framework remains the best method for understanding recent global developments.
Explains the inevitable flaws and destructive power of Capitalism: that it would lead unavoidably to imperialism, monopolies and colonialism.
The essay is a synthesis of Lenin's modifications and developments of economic theories that Karl Marx formulated in "Das Kapital".
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, written by Vladimir Lenin in 1916, is a summary of Lenin's expansion of the economic theories that Karl Marx established in Das Kapital.
The essay is a synthesis of Lenin's modifications and developments of economic theories that Karl Marx formulated in Das Kapital (1867).
When rival empires clash, war results. Influential and prescient, this book is integral to understanding modern foreign policy.
Lenin's "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism"
Lenin's explanation of imperialism as the monopoly stage of capitalism
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism: A Popular Outline
The giant social divide between rich and poor countries cannot be overcome. In this book, King argues that China and other societies cannot ‘catch up’ with richer countries.