International Monopoly Capitalism Era (The Latest Developments in the World Economy and Politics)

Author: Liu Guoping / Fan Xinyu (editors)
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Bourgeoisie can only survive by constantly revolutionizing the means of production, thereby changing the production relations, and consequently all social relations. Conversely, preserving the old mode of production intact is the primary condition for the survival of all past industrial classes. The continuous transformation of production, the constant upheaval of all social relations, perpetual instability and change—this is what distinguishes the bourgeois era from all previous eras. All fixed, ancient relationships, as well as the revered notions and views associated with them, are swept away. All newly formed relationships grow old before they can take root. Everything solid dissipates, and everything sacred is profaned. People are finally compelled to view their own position in life and their mutual relations with a detached eye.