The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World, James Burnham

About this book

‘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, but by the rule of administartors in business and in government.
This revolution, he posited, is as broad as the world and as comprehensive as human society, asking « Why is ‘totalitarianism’ not the issue? » « Can civilization be destroyed? » And « Why is the New Deal something bigger than Roosevelt can handle? »
In a volume extraordinary for its dispassionate handling of those and other fundamental questions, James Burnham explores fully the implications of the managerial revolution.

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SECOND THOUGHTS ON JAMES BURNHAM by George Orwell
SECOND THOUGHTS ON JAMES BURNHAM by George Orwell
ORWELL’S NOTES
I: THE PROBLEM
II: THE WORLD WE LIVED IN
III: THE THEORY OF THE PERMANENCE OF CAPITALISM
IV: THE THEORY OF THE PROLETARIAN SOCIALIST REVOLUTION
V: THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER
VI: THE THEORY OF THE MANAGERIAL REVOLUTION
VII: WHO ARE THE MANAGERS?
VIII: THE MANAGERS MOVE TOWARD SOCIAL DOMINANCE
IX: THE ECONOMY OF MANAGERIAL SOCIETY
X: THE MANAGERS SHIFT THE LOCUS OF SOVEREIGNTY
XI: TOTALITARIANISM AND MANAGERIAL SOCIETY
XII: THE WORLD POLICY OF THE MANAGERS
XIII: THE MANAGERIAL IDEOLOGIES
XIV: THE RUSSIAN WAY
XV: THE GERMAN WAY
XVI: THE FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES
XVII: OBJECTIONS

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Éditeur ‏ : ‎ Praeger Publishers

Langue ‏ : ‎ Anglais

NB.de pages ‏ : ‎ 285 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0837156785

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0837156781

Poids de l’article ‏ : ‎ 467 g

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 1.75 x 21.59 cm