F/Ailing Capitalism and the Challenge of COVID-19

Noel Chellan is a Senior Lecturer in the Sociology Department, School of Social Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He has published articles on environmental and developmental issues and a book: Capital An Energy Perspective.

Preface


Acknowledgements


Acronyms and Abbreviations


Introduction


1 Unravelling Ideas and Ideologies Which Prop Up the Capitalist System

1 The Word Ideology in the Time of covid -19


2 Attempting to Make Sense of Ideas and Ideologies


3 Toward the Unravelling of Neoliberal and Capitalist Ideas and Ideologies




2 Communism – the End of History


3 The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the End of History

1 Capitalism – the End of History


2 The New World Order under the Mighty Capitalism




4 Capitalism in Communist China – or Vice Versa

1 Colonialism and the Taking of Hong Kong


2 The Land of Confucius Looks to Karl Marx


3 Riding the Capitalist Tiger using a Marxist gps


4 Waging War on covid -19 in a Country of 1.4 Billion People


5 Western Ideologies on the Offensive in the Time of covid -19


6 Containing China




5 Socialisms and Communisms in a Capitalist World

1 Toward Deconstructing the Celebrated Ideology of Capitalism as the End of History


2  covid -19 and the Socialist or Communist Response


3 The Green Shoots of Socialism and Communism in Capitalist America?


4 Toward a Global, Mature and Sober Dialogue on Socialism and Communism




6 Capitalism Free to Choose – Even When Others Die

1 Toward an Understanding of Freedom under Capitalism


2 An Overview of Capitalist Countries’ Response to covid -19


3 An Inconvenient Truth in the Age of Comparative Statistics and Measurement




7 Workers under Capitalism Creators of Value – Even during a Pandemic

1 Health Workers: Soldiers on the Frontline in the Time of covid -19


2 Workers: The Exploited, Unsung, Expendable, Sacked and Unknown Soldiers in the Time of covid -19 in the Capitalist Era


3 Workers: Creators of Value – Even during a Pandemic




8 The Ideology of the Invisible Hand or Capitalist Market under Capitalism

1 The Invisible Hand and Capitalist Market in the Time of covid -19


2 Producing and Reproducing Lives and Livelihoods through the Capitalist Market


3 Toward Uncovering the Fake News about the Invisible Hand and Capitalist Market under Capitalism


4 The Invisible Hand and Capitalist Market: Mid-wives of Profit and Accumulation for the Rich – and Insufficiency, Insecurity and Misery for the Poor




9 The Nanny State in the Age of Capitalism

1  covid -19 and the Nanny State


2 The Nanny State and Saving Capitalism in the Time of covid -19


3 The Capitalist Market’s Covert and Overt Dependency on the Nanny State in the Age of Capitalism




10 The Life of Capitalism

1 The Grandeur of Capitalism!


2 The Breakdown of Feudalism, Colonial Conquests and the Making of Capitalism


3 The Violent-Making of Private Property: The Foundation for the Development of Capitalism


4 The Violent-Making of the Wage Labourer, the Labour Market and Capitalism


5 Failed and F/Ailing Capitalism




11 Conclusion to Volume i


Bibliography


Index