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Samir Amin, 1931- 

Portrait of S. Amin

Egyptian-born and Paris-trained, Samir Amin is one of the better known Neo-Marxian thinkers, both in development theory as well as in the relativistic-cultural critique of social sciences. Promoter of the conscious self-reliance of developing countries, particular for the Arab world.

 

  

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Major Works of Samir Amin

  • Accumulation on a World Scale, 1970.
  • Neo-Colonialism in West-Africa, 1971.
  • Unequal Development, 1973
  • L'echange inégal et la loi de la valeur, 1973
  • Imperialism and Unequal Development, 1976.
  • The Arab Nation, 1976.
  • The Law of Value and Historical Materialism, 1977.
  • Class and Nation, Historically and in the Current Crisis, 1979.
  • The Arab Economy Today, 1980
  • The Future of Maoism, 1981.
  • The Dynamics of Global Crisis, with G. Arrighi, A.G. Frank and I. Wallerstein, 1982.
  • Delinking, 1985.
  • Eurocentrism, 1988.
  • Maldevelopment in Africa and in the Third World, 1989.
  • L'empire du chaos, 1991
 

 
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