Capitalism, Hegemony and Violence in the Age of Drones

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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.



Examines a rightward shift in American politics from the 1930s (FDR's New Deal) to 2016 (end of the Obama era) Chronicles the advance of neoliberal corporate capitalism and its interconnections with government, the militarization of US society, the emergence of proto-fascism in US politics, and the increasing irrelevance of international law Applies a political economy-Marxist-Frankfurt school critique to 21st century phenomena, including drone warfare and the further advance of neoliberal capitalism and neoliberal politics during the Obama years
Examines a rightward shift in American politics from the 1930s (FDR's New Deal) to 2016 (end of the Obama era)
Chronicles the advance of neoliberal corporate capitalism and its interconnections with government, the militarization of US society, the emergence of proto-fascism in US politics, and the increasing irrelevance of international law 
Applies a political economy-Marxist-Frankfurt school critique to 21st century phenomena, including drone warfare and the further advance of neoliberal capitalism and neoliberal politics during the Obama years

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Norman Pollack

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Moral-political philosophy Advanced capitalism Capitalism and national power Systemic authoritarianism Karl Marx Max Weber The liberal state us politics

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“Capitalism, Hegemony and Violence in the Age of Drones is very different from those masterful scholarly studies of nineteenth century Populism. It is an angry incisive critique of contemporary America’s political-economy, political culture, and imperial foreign policy. … Presents a truly scathing moral indictment of Barrack Obama’s presidency.” (Ronald.W.Edsworth, Socialism and Democracy, Vol. 33 (2), 2019)
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