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Le Livre noir du capitalisme

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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 capitalisme's 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.[1] Topics covered range from the African slave trade to the effects of globalization.

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, colonial wars, anti-communist campaigns, repressions and mass killings, ethnic conflicts, and victims of famines or malnutrition; bringing the incomplete total to 100 million deaths attributed to capitalism in the 20th century.[2]

Contributors

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Contributors to the book include historians, sociologists, economists, trade unionists and writers such as:[1][3][4][5][6]

  • Caroline Andréani
  • François Arzalier
  • Roger Bordier
  • Maurice Buttin
  • François Chesnais
  • Maurice Cury
  • François Delpla
  • François Derivery
  • André Devriendt
  • Pierre Durand
  • Jean-Pierre Fléchard
  • Yves Frémion
  • Yves Grenet
  • Jacques Jurquet
  • Jean Laïlle
  • Maurice Moissonnier
  • Robert Pac
  • Philippe Paraire
  • Paco Peña
  • André Prenant
  • Maurice Rajsfus
  • Jean Suret-Canale
  • Subhi Toma
  • Monique and Roland Weyl
  • Claude Willard
  • Jean Ziegler

Translations of the book have appeared in Greek, Portuguese,[7] Spanish,[8] Italian[9] and Czech.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Elements de critique sociale". Alternative Libertaire (in French). 220. September 1999. Archived from the original on 19 October 2008.
  2. ^ "Black Book of Capitalism" (in French). Pour la Republique Sociale. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011.
  3. ^ "La Maison d'édition" (in French). Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
  4. ^ Marie Germanos (May 2002). "Le livre noir du capitalisme". Socialisme International (in French). 3. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
  5. ^ "LE LIVRE NOIR DU CAPITALISME". Marianne (in French). 17 November 1997. Retrieved 18 April 2008. [dead link]
  6. ^ Pierre Gilly (April 1998). "Svenska Clartéförbundet – Recensioner 1998-4". Tidskriften Clarté (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 23 May 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2008.
  7. ^ Perrault, Gilles, ed. (1999). O livro negro do capitalismo (in Portuguese). Record. ISBN 9788501056566. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  8. ^ Perrault, Gilles, ed. (1998). El libro negro del capitalismo. Gebaratik at (in Spanish). Tafalla, Navarre: Txalaparta (published 2001). ISBN 9788481362220. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Il libro nero del capitalismo" (in Italian). Retrieved 18 April 2008.
  10. ^ "Černá kniha kapitalismu" (in Czech). Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.

Bibliography

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Perrault, Gilles, ed. (1998). Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme. Le Temps des cerises. 427 pages. ISBN 978-2-84109-144-7.

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