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A Life Looking Forward

Memoirs of an Independent Marxist

Samir Amin

A political autobiography from one of the 20th Century's most prominent radical intellectuals that also serves as a primer on Samir Amin's influential theory and historical-political analysis. This memoir provides an insight into how radical movements have evolved in response to global capitalism since the 1940s.
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Samir Amin, one of the twentieth century's leading radical intellectuals, has lived his personal and political life at the intersection of various cultures and international progressive currents - from Egypt to France to West Africa, from communism to national-liberation socialism, Maoism and finally a mature anti-imperialism.

His memoirs are not only a fascinating personal narrative but a penetrating historical-political analysis, as well as an introduction to his most important theoretical contributions. They offer a unique vantage point for observing the operations of global capitalism and the evolution, crises and potentialities of radical movements, especially in the third world.

This book will be invaluable not only to readers interested in Amin's profoundly influential work or in the history of the global left but to anyone concerned with today's worldwide struggles against capitalist globalization.

Author Bio

Samir Amin is one of the world's foremost radical thinkers. He has been Director of the United Nations African Institute for Planning, Director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal and was a co-founder of the World Forum for Alternatives.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Childhood
  • 2. A Student in Paris
  • 3. Cairo 1957-1960
  • 4. Parisian Interlude, January-September 1960
  • 5. Bamako 1960-1963
  • 6. Professor of Political Economy 1963-1970
  • 7. The Political Context 1960-1998
  • 8. Director of the Institute for Economic Planning and Development (IDEP) 1970-1980
  • 9. The Third World Forum
  • 10. Towards a Common Front of the World's Peoples?

Reviews

'This world-class economist is a serious Nobel Prize contender.'
Economic Development and Cultural Change

'Samir Amin needs no introduction...he always remains apposite and, to the mind of this particular left-thinking academic, accurate, prescient, and to the point.'
John Saul, African Studies Review

Details

Publication Date: 15 November 2006
272 pages

Product ISBNs: Paperback: 9781842777831

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