Imperialism and Social Classes

by Joseph A. Schumpeter, Paul M. Sweezy

Imperialism and Social Joseph A. Imperialism and Social Orion FIRST First Edition Thus, First Printing. Published by Orion Editions, 1991. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with shelf wear and crease to front cover. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.Seller 310728 Essays We Buy Books! Collections - Libraries - Estates - Individual Titles. Message us if you have books to sell!

Genres: Economics, Politics, History, Sociology, Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1951

About the author

People know Moravian-born Joseph Alois Schumpeter, an American, for his theories of socioeconomic evolution and the development of capitalism.

This political scientist briefly served as finance minister of Austria in 1919. Of the 20th century, the most influential Schumpeter popularized the term "creative destruction."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_...

Reviews

[Tommy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Schumpeter attempts to claim imperialism isn't intrinsic to the capitalist process but is just rooted in an atavistic psychological type formed in pre-capitalist relations which could whiter away as a consequence of further capitalist development unlike the "neo-Marxist" [that is Leninist] theory claims. He should of really read Rosa Luxemburg instead of Hilferding.

Among all capitalist economies, that of the United States is least burdened with precapitalist elements, survivals, reminiscences, and power factors. Certainly we cannot expect to find imperialist tendencies altogether lacking even in the United States, for the immigrants came from Europe with their convictions fully formed, and the environment certainly favored the revival of instincts of pugnacity. But we can conjecture that among all countries the United States is likely to exhibit the weakest imperialist trend. This turns out to be the truth.

When wasn't America expanding? The legacy of slavery wasn't a big precapitalist burden? The role the business community has played in shaping foreign policy both behind the scenes and right in the State Department hasn't been the prime check on imperialist ambitions.
The second essay on the psychological and familial basis of historical class phenomena is a little more persuasive but also questionable.