To understand how capitalism has come to engulf our world, we must understand how it developed out of classical civilization. Its historical roots lie in the emergence of hierarchies, power, monopolies, and the nation-state, argues Abdullah calan.

Capitalism: The Age of Unmasked Gods and Naked Kings is the second book in a new five-volume work called Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization. Together, they present the synthesis of calan's political thinking. This volume completes his journey through the history of civilizations, preparing the ground for the upcoming volume on The Sociology of Freedom.

To understand how capitalism has come to engulf our world, we must understand how it developed out of classical civilization. Its historical roots lie in the emergence of hierarchies, power, monopolies, and the nation-state, argues Abdullah Öcalan.

Capitalism: The Age of Unmasked Gods and Naked Kings is the second book in a new five-volume work called Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization. Together, they present the synthesis of Öcalan’s political thinking. This volume completes his journey through the history of civilizations, preparing the ground for the upcoming volume on The Sociology of Freedom.

Editorial Note by International Initiative

Preface by Radha D’Souza

Introduction 

Section 1: The Rise of Capitalism

— Rationalism

— The Capitalist Mentality

— Economism

— Capitalism’s Relationship With Political Power and Law

— The Location of Capitalism

— Historical Societal Civilizations and Capitalism

Section 2: The Mortal Enemy of Economy 

— Capitalism is not Economy but Power

— Evidence that Capitalism is Anti-Economy

— Capitalism in Relation to Society, Civilization, and History

— The Situation in Europe at the Onset of Capitalism

Section 3: The Modern Leviathan

— The Phenomenon of Nation and its Development

— Defining the State

— The Ideology of Capitalist Civilization and its Religionization

— In Memory of the Victims of the Jewish Genocide

— Powers in Capitalist Modernity

— Capitalist Modernity and the Nation-State

Section 4: Capitalist Modernity

— Monopolist Merchant Capitalism

— Industrial Revolution and the Age of Industrialism

— The Age of Finance

Conclusion

Illustrations

Notes

Index