Audacity and Acuity
The Life and Work of Samir Amin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11756704 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Justin Theodra (University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 617-633 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Critical Thought (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2159-8312 • E-ISSN: 2159-8312 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21598282.2019.1695534 |
| OpenAlex | W2995045784 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
In commemoration of the first anniversary of Samir Amin’s passing, I present the following collated review of the three volumes of Amin’s memoirs, which were only just completed with the posthumous publication of The Long Revolution in 2019. Amin was, I argue, perhaps the first, and certainly the most prolific, global organic intellectual in history. That is, he wrote as a social act, to try and change the world, not simply understand it, and he did so on the world scale proper to his, and indeed our time. His life and work, therefore, ought to be of interest to scholars working to establish the field of global intellectual history, develop critical analyses of global accumulation, and of course, activists interested in a truly global praxis
Art history · Environmental ethics · Media studies · Memoir · Political science · Praxis · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · African Studies and Geopolitics · Engineering · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |