Next, “economics” takes the winners, abstracts away interrelations (ex. “History” starts with names and dates names of the great men who won (and their perspectives) and dates of singular events (noisy surface phenomenon which barely reveal the underlying structures). Meanwhile, this critical examination of real-world history/political economy is buried. commodification of society for endless private accumulation) from the 1600 East India Company and 1694 Bank of England to today’s Amazon and Wall Street? What drives our notions of “progress”, “growth” and “cosmopolitanism” behind liberalism? Instead of merely dwelling in ideas (where we are a bundle of contradictions), what about the production/distribution of real-world capitalism (i.e. I am most interested in the materialist structures ( political economy: production/distribution) behind “liberalism” rather than getting lost in the cultural spillover effects. 2022 Update: with the author going into palliative care, it’s time to update this review and fill in some gaps (esp. Liberalism and Imperialism, 2 sides of the same Capitalist coin…
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