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Samir Amin
Egyptian-French economist and political scientist (1931–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Samir Amin (Arabic: سمير أمين) (3 September 1931 – 12 August 2018) was an Egyptian-French Marxian economist,[1] political scientist and world-systems analyst. He is noted for his introduction of the term Eurocentrism in 1988[2] and considered a pioneer of Dependency Theory.[3]
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![]() Samir Amin on the Eurocrisis at the 2012 Subversive Festival in Zagreb | |
Born | (1931-09-03)3 September 1931 Cairo (Kingdom of Egypt) ![]() |
Died | 12 August 2018(2018-08-12) (aged 86) 14th arrondissement of Paris (France) ![]() |
Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery ![]() |
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