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''Le livre noir du Capitalisme'' (''The Black Book of Capitalism'') is a 1998 French book published in reaction to ''
The Black Book of Communism'' (1997). Unlike the earlier work, ''Le livre noir du capitalismes primary goal is not to try to attribute a number of victims to the political system in question. Rather, the body of the book comprises a series of independent works from various writers who each voice their critique on various aspects of
capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for Profit (economics), profit. Central characteristics of capitalism include capital accumulation, competitive markets, pric ...
.
Topics covered range from the
African slave trade to
globalization
Globalization, or globalisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide. The term ''globalization'' first appeared in the early 20t ...
.
An appendix provides an incomplete list of 20th-century death-tolls which editor
Gilles Perrault attributes to the capitalist system.The list includes certain death-tolls covering the two World Wars.
Contributors to the book include
historians
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...
,
sociologists
This is a list of sociologists. It is intended to cover those who have made substantive contributions to social theory and research, including any sociological subfield. Scientists in other fields and philosophers are not included, unless at least ...
, economists,
trade unionists and writers such as Caroline Andréani, François Arzalier, Roger Bordier, Maurice Buttin,
François Chesnais
François Chesnais (22 January 1934 – 29 October 2022) was a French economist and scholar.
Life and career
Chesnais was born in Montreal on 22 January 1934. He was a member of the Scientific Council of ATTAC-France, the author of several boo ...
, Maurice Cury,
François Delpla, François Derivery, André Devriendt, Pierre Durand, Jean-Pierre Fléchard,
Yves Frémion
Yves Frémion (born 1947 in Lyon) is a French author and former editor of the French science fiction magazine ''Univers''. He has also edited a number of anthologies and has worked for the comic and humour magazine ''Fluide Glacial''. Most recen ...
, Yves Grenet, Jacques Jurquet, Jean Laïlle, Maurice Moissonnier, Robert Pac, Philippe Paraire, Paco Peña, André Prenant, Maurice Rajsfus,
Jean Suret-Canale
Jean Suret-Canale (27 April 1921 – 23 June 2007) was a French historian of Africa, Marxist theoretician, political activist, and World War II French Resistance fighter.
Suret-Canale was born to father Victor Suret-Canale (1883–1958), an engrav ...
, Subhi Toma, Monique and Roland Weyl, Claude Willard and
Jean Ziegler.
[:: La Maison dédition :: >][ ] Translations of the book have appeared in Greek, Portuguese,
Spanish,
Italian
and Czech.
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]
See also
* ''
The Black Book of Communism''
* ''
Le Livre noir du colonialisme
Marc Ferro (24 December 1924 – 21 April 2021) was a French historian.
Life and career
Ferro worked on early twentieth-century European history, specialising in the history of Russia and the USSR, as well as the history of cinema.
His Ukraini ...
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Notes
References
Perrault, Gilles (ed.) (1998): ''Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme'', Le Temps des cerises, 427 pages, , .
External links
Les Temps des CerisesSummary of casualtiesFrançois Delpla's chapter of book: La Seconde Guerre Mondiale
{{DEFAULTSORT:Livre Noir du Capitalisme
1998 non-fiction books
Books critical of capitalism
Political books
French books