Capitalism, Hegemony and Violence in the Age of Drones

Zusatztext

This book offers a critical analysis of the rise of the US to global hegemony against a background of increased erosion of democracy and rule of law, and a rising linear pattern of near-absolute capitalist development. The author argues that the significant shrinkage of the ideological spectrum globally, as a result of worrisome levels of business and government interpenetration, has created a dangerous 'prefascist configuration' whereby unthinkable levels of violence have been normalized through the use of technologies such as drones, increasingly condoned even by 'liberal' groups and the so-called political left. Using the example of the Obama administration and its increased reliance on drone assassinations, the volume makes a case for the dangers that lie in today's unique convergence of lack of transparency in government, business-government interpenetration, informal social regimentation, and militarization of capitalism.<br><br><br>

Autorenportrait

<b>Norman Pollack</b> was Professor of History emeritus at Michigan State University and previously taught at Yale University and Wayne State University, USA.  His published works include<i>The Populist Response to Industrial America</i>,<i>The Just Polity</i>, and<i>The Humane Economy</i>. In his last years, he frequently wrote for the online magazine<i>Counterpunch</i>.

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