{"product_id":"war-and-money-the-imperialism-of-the-dollar-9781804296561","title":"War and Money: The Imperialism of the Dollar","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe business of imperial conflict: Why capitalism needs war.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaurizio Lazzarato's \u003ci\u003eWar and Money\u003c\/i\u003e explores the connections between capitalist expansion, international economic conflict, and war, via an analysis of the imperialism of the American dollar. He examines why contemporary left-wing theorists such as Michel Foucault and Antonio Negri have failed to recognize war as a fundamental aspect of capitalism. Renewed readings of Marx, Lenin, and Rosa Luxemburg argue for class struggle against capitalist war as a fundamental aspect of leftist theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMAURIZIO LAZZARATO\u003c\/b\u003e is an Italian sociologist and philosopher residing in Paris. In the 1970s, he was active in the workers' movement Autonomia Operaia. Lazzarato is a founding member of the editorial board of the journal Multitudes, a researcher at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, and a member of the International College of Philosophy in Paris. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWar and Violence\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Intolerable Present, the Urgency of Revolution, \u003c\/i\u003e among others.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51384225825042,"sku":"9781804296561","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_80372605-add2-4782-8d4b-b7d51f05e6fc.jpg?v=1750166571","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/war-and-money-the-imperialism-of-the-dollar-9781804296561","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}