Prison Writings: The Roots of Civilisation

Name: Prison Writings: The Roots of Civilisation
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ISBN: 9780745326160

ISBN-10: 0745326161

ISBN-13: 9780745326160

Edition: 2007

Authors: Abdullah Ocalan, Klaus Happel

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Venezuela has become a huge source of hope and inspiration for the Left throughout the world. Some see it as a shining example of how to begin building a successful socialist state, but Western leaders see it as a dangerous enemy and accuse President Hugo Chavez of being a dictator. This book reveals the truth by examining the country from the ground up.Iain Bruce explores the political changes underway in Venezuela at the level of the lives of ordinary people. Through grassroots investigations and extended interviews, he explores a series of key transformations: a new social economy around a network of cooperatives; workplace democracy; popular education; radical agrarian reform;…

Book details

List price: $70.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication date: 3/20/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 7.72" wide x 9.49" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Preface


Translator's introduction



Slave-Owning Society and the Development of Civilisation


Introduction


The birth of civilisation on the banks of Tigris and Euphrates


The historical role of Sumerian civilisation


Permanent effects of Sumerian civilisation


Some methodological problems concerning historical development and expansion


The expansion and maturity of slavery


Tribal confederations, local and territorial states


Resistance to slaveholder civilisation and its reform


Medes