Imperialism is the highest stage of capitalism

Author: Central Committee of the Marx-Engels-Lenin-Stalin Works Editorial Board
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Publish Date: 1992-03-01
Features: This book is an important work by Lenin on the study of imperialism. Lenin first bases his analysis on the global capitalist economic situation at the eve of World War I and traces it back to earlier periods. He explores the essence of imperialism from both the perspective of international relations of capitalism in its new stage and the synthesis of economic and political factors. He does not use materials individually but comprehensively grasps them. Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of this book, titled "Production Concentration and Monopoly," "Banks and the New Role of Banks," and "Financial Capital and Financial Oligarchs," primarily discuss the formation of financial capital and its monopoly within the country. Chapters 4, 5, and 6, titled "Capital Export," "Division of the World by Capitalist Alliances," and "Division of the World by Great Powers," mainly examine the outward expansion of financial capital and its monopoly on the international stage. Chapters 7, 8, 9, and 10, titled "Imperialism as a Special Stage of Capitalism," "The Parasitic and Decadent Nature of Capitalism," "Critique of Imperialism," and "The Historical Position of Imperialism," primarily explain the historical position of imperialism as a whole.