The Managerial Revolution
What is Happening in the World
$32.27
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
18 March 2021
Summary
‘Burnham has real intellectual courage, and writes about real issues.’ - George Orwell
Burnham’s claim was that capitalism was dead, but that it was being replaced not by socialism, but a new economic system he called “managerialism”; rule by managers.
Written in 1941, this is the book that theorised how the world was moving into the hands of the ‘managers’. Burnham explains how Capitalism had virtually lost its control, and would be displaced not by labour, nor by socialism, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839013188 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1839013184 |
| Author: | James Burnham |
| Publisher: | Lume Books |
| Imprint: | Lume Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 18 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 299g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 17mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘The immense significance of Burnham’s approach is potential. We can ignore it only at the risk of being disarmed by the future course of events.’ - Irving Kristol
About The Author
James Burnham
James Burnham was an American philosopher and political theorist. He chaired the philosophy department at New York University. His first book was An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis (1931). Burnham became a prominent Trotskyist activist in the 1930s. He rejected Marxism and became an even more influential theorist of the right as a leader of the American conservative movement. His book The Managerial Revolution, published in 1941, speculated on the future of capitalism.
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