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| Author | Gilles Perrault |
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| Original title | Le Livre noir du capitalisme |
| Language | French |
Publication date | 1998 |
Le livre noir du Capitalisme (The Black Book of Capitalism) is a 1998 French book published in reaction to The Black Book of Communism (1997). Unlike the earlier work, Le livre noir du capitalisme's primary goal is not to try to attribute a number of victims to the political system in question. Rather, the body of the book comprises a series of independent works from various writers who each voice their critique on various aspects of capitalism. [1] Topics covered range from the African slave trade to the effects of globalization.
An appendix provides an incomplete list of 20th-century death-tolls which editor Gilles Perrault attributes to the capitalist system. The list includes certain death-tolls covering the two World Wars, colonial wars, anti-communist campaigns, repressions and mass killings, ethnic conflicts, and victims of famines or malnutrition; bringing the incomplete total to 100 million deaths attributed to capitalism in the 20th century. [2]
Contributors to the book include historians, sociologists, economists, trade unionists and writers such as: [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Caroline Andréani, François Arzalier, Roger Bordier, Maurice Buttin, François Chesnais, Maurice Cury, François Delpla, François Derivery, André Devriendt, Pierre Durand, Jean-Pierre Fléchard, Yves Frémion, Yves Grenet, Jacques Jurquet, Jean Laïlle, Maurice Moissonnier, Robert Pac, Philippe Paraire, Paco Peña, André Prenant, Maurice Rajsfus, Jean Suret-Canale, Subhi Toma, Monique and Roland Weyl, Claude Willard, Jean Ziegler
Translations of the book have appeared in Greek, Portuguese, [7] Spanish, [8] Italian [9] and Czech. [10]
Perrault, Gilles, ed. (1998). Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme. Le Temps des cerises. 427 pages. ISBN 978-2-84109-144-7.