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  • Claustropolis: 1984

    “Claustropolis: 1984” is excerpted from a forthcoming novel. In Bhopal, I could lie low. In Bhopal, there would be instructions for me. Because I had been told not to take the express, I traveled on a local, in an unreserved bogie. The whiskey was Director’s Special, a parting gift from Gupta’s people. I didn’t even…

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  • The future of China, the danger of a collapse of human civilization and the need of a “5th International”

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press  on August 28, 2024 by Dimitris Konstantakopoulos (more by Defend Democracy Press)  |  (Posted Aug 29, 2024) EmpireAsia, ChinaNewswire5th International, Samir Amin Shortly before his death, in a series of writings, Samir Amin unfolded the two issues that were mainly of concern to him. The first was the non-subjection of China to financial globalization, that is, to the…

  • Beyond Eurocentrism

    If you really want decolonisation, go beyond cultural criticism to the deep structural insights of economist Samir Amin With the publication of Orientalism in 1978, Edward Said would become one of the most influential scholars of our era. The book transformed the study of the history of the modern world, as it offered insights into how racist…

  • Samir Amin at 80: An Introduction and Tribute

    by John Bellamy Foster (Oct 01, 2011) Topics: Economic Theory  History  Imperialism  Political Economy  Stagnation Samir Amin was born in Cairo in 1931, and studied within the French educational system in Egypt (Lycée Français du Caire). He pursued his higher education in Paris at Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (“Sciences Po”) receiving his diploma in 1952; then at Institut national de la statistique et…

  • The New Imperialist Structure

    by Samir Amin (Jul 01, 2019) Topics: Imperialism Places: Global Stephanie McMillan, “The Owner Finally Agreed to the Workers’ Demands” (36″x36″ acrylic on canvas). Samir Amin (1931–2018) was director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal, and the author of many books. This article is adapted from parts of the prologue of the second volume of his autobiography, The Long…

  • A.G. Noorani (1930-2024): A polymath passes on

    “Ghafoorbhai” was one of the sharpest minds on constitutional law. He leaves behind a vast legacy of legal scholarship and incisive journalism. Published : Aug 30, 2024 11:43 IST – 9 MINS READ T.K. Rajalakshmi A. G. Noorani in New Delhi on April 23, 2010. | Photo Credit: SUDERSHAN V Scholar, lawyer, biographer, historian, and…

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