This book makes full use of artificial intelligence technologies such as large language models (LLMs) in the writing process, involving the language and word processing of this book, the calculation process of social thermo-dynamics, etc. This greatly improves the writing efficiency of this book. The author has also carefully verified the processed text and the calculation process, and is confident that the result is basically fine. Finally, the author is also convinced that AI technology does not contribute anything to the core ideas of the book.
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Components of the Book:
- Abstract
- Author
- Preface
- Chapter 1. The Definition of Capitalism
- Chapter 2. A Capitalist Development Model Based on Social Thermodynamics
- Chapter 3. Summary of Das Kapital
- 3.1. The Establishment of Marxist Political Economy Theory
- 3.2. Commodities and Money
- 3.3. The Labor Theory of Value
- 3.4. The Proletariat
- 3.5. Capitalist Production Relations
- 3.6. Contradictions in Capitalist Society
- References
- Chapter 4. The Rise and Fall of Capitalism
- 4.1. Prehistoric Capitalism
- 4.2. Capitalism in the Shang Dynasty
- 4.3. Capitalism in the Han Dynasty
- 4.4. Capitalism in the Song Dynasty
- 4.5. Capitalism in Europe and North America
- References
- Chapter 5. Global Change and Capitalism
- 5.1. The Impact of Global Change on Currency
- 5.2. The Impact of Global Change on the Proletariat
- 5.3. The Impact of Global Change on the Rule of the Bourgeoisie
- 5.4. The Impact of Global Change on the Relations of Production
- 5.5. Future Prospects
- References
- Appendix: Timeline of the Rise and Fall of Capitalism
Readership:
Students, academics, teachers, and other people attending or interested in capitalism.
Zhi Cheng
Born in October 1967, graduated from the Department of Physics at Beijing Normal University in July 1988. From July 1988 to May 2015, he worked as a full-time teacher at Guangzhou Teacher’s College and the School of Education at Guangzhou University. He held positions as assistant professor, lecturer, and associate professor. He is currently an independent scholar, with main research interests in social thermodynamics, physics, cognitive theory, artificial intelligence, and more.