Samir Amin
Samir Amin | |
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| Born | 3 September 1931 Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | 12 August 2018 (aged 86) Paris, France |
| Known for | Introduction of the term Eurocentrism |
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| Alma mater | Sciences Po Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques |
| Thesis | The structural effects of the international integration of precapitalist economies |
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| Discipline | Economics Political Science |
| Institutions | Institut Africain de Développement Économique et de Planification University of Poitiers University of Dakar Paris VIII |
| Main interests | Dependency Theory Marxian economics |
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Samir Amin (Arabic: سمير أمين) (3 September 1931 – 12 August 2018) was an Egyptian-French Marxian economist, political scientist and world-systems analyst. He is noted for his introduction of the term Eurocentrism in 1988 and considered a pioneer of dependency theory.