Metamorphoses of Capitalism and Global Socialism

This book advances that the transition to socialism - an alternative to capitalism which answers to the permanent transformation or metamorphoses of capitalism – must be an international process which incorporates lessons from the history of class struggles from the very beginning. Arguing that only global socialism can transcend a system that operates on a planetary scale, it draws on political economy, evolutionary economics, and complex systems theory to reframe contemporary capitalism as a self-organized force driven by expansion from the center and assimilation at the periphery. It introduces the concept of the tipping point to reimagine historical transitions—from capitalism's emergence to its potential superseding. It identifies critical structural problems inherent to capitalist dynamics and proposes an ambitious agenda of international reforms. When these reforms converge, they may trigger a transformative shift: the rise of a commons-led economy that redirects technological innovation toward solving humanity's most urgent crises. Bold, interdisciplinary, and urgently relevant, this is a manifesto for rethinking economic futures in an interconnected world. A refreshing, insightful, and important contribution to the scholarship, it will appeal to sociologists and economists with interests in technological change, economic dynamics, and alternatives to contemporary capitalism.