{"product_id":"9781788738743","title":"Critical Encounters","description":"Author: Wolfgang Streeck\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781788738743\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Feb 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eHow Will Capitalism End?\u003c\/i\u003e comes an omnibus of critical engagements with leading economists and thinkers. \u003ci\u003eCritical Encounters \u003c\/i\u003edraws on Wolfgang Streeck's inimitable writing for the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other outlets, and includes pieces originally published in the German press, translated into English for the first time. It opens with a survey of three of the world's major economies     the US, France, Germany     and two contrasting historical eras, factory capitalism and financialization. A middle section considers the hollowing out of Western democracies, with a review of Yanis Varoufakis's memoirs of the Eurozone crisis. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Streeck then delves into the world of ideas, discussing Perry Anderson's \u003ci\u003eThe H-Word\u003c\/i\u003e and J rgen Habermas's \u003ci\u003eThe Lure of Technocracy\u003c\/i\u003e. Finally he zooms out to compare his home discipline of sociology against natural history, giving a remarkable and non-deterministic reading of Charles Darwin. \u003cbr\u003e In the Introduction, Streeck reflects on the art (or craft) of book reviewing and the continuing merits of the book form. The book also includes a coda on Brexit and the future of Europe.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46629791793310,"sku":"UBD-9781788738743","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781788738743.jpg?v=1774221102","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781788738743","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}