{"product_id":"critical-encounters-isbn-9781788738743","title":"Critical Encounters","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn anthology of long-read book reviews by one of the European left’s foremost political economists\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eHow Will Capitalism End?\u003c\/i\u003e comes an omnibus of long-form critical essays engaging with leading economists and thinkers. \u003ci\u003eCritical Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e draws on Wolfgang Streeck’s inimitable writing for the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. It opens with treatments of two contrasting historical eras—factory capitalism and financialization—and three of the world’s major economies: the United States, France and Germany. A middle section surveys the hollowing out of Western democracies and reviews Yanis Varoufakis’s “strange but indispensable” memoir of the eurozone crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Delving into the world of ideas, Streeck discusses the work of Quinn Slobodian, Mark Blyth, Jürgen Habermas and Perry Anderson. Finally, he zooms out to compare his home discipline of sociology to natural history, giving a remarkable and non-deterministic reading of Charles Darwin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the preface, Streeck reflects on the art (or craft) of book reviewing and the continuing merits of the book form. Critical Encounters also includes a series of “Letters from Europe,” penned as the coronavirus descended upon the Continent.\u003c\/p\u003e“A compelling and distinctive analysis of the current political moment.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Hans Kundnani, \u003ci\u003eThe World Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Remarkably rich in scope and detail.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—James Hodgson, \u003ci\u003eMarx \u0026amp; Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWolfgang Streeck\u003c\/b\u003e is Director Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. He is a member of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. His books include \u003ci\u003eBuying Time\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow Will Capitalism End?\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301529145573,"sku":"NP9781788738743","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781788738743.jpg?v=1767724265","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/critical-encounters-isbn-9781788738743","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}