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Points for improvement of the 'Work' section

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I don't feel that I can take up this task, because I am not familiar enough with Samir Amin's books, or rather, I haven't read any of his books, articles etc. (yet). However, I do have some recommendations for imporiving the 'work' section for those who are capable enough. Firstly instead of using references in the scientific way† just use the wikipedia system. Secondly the article has to be written more prosaic and less powerpoint-like. Thirdly, there are some unclear sentences which should be elucidated:
"For Samir Amin (1997), the ascent and decline is...". The ascent and decline of what?
"The economic performance over the last few years...". Specify period
"Let us recall, that for Dependency and World Systems theory in the tradition of Samir Amin (1975), there are four main characteristics of the peripheral societal formation". Begin the section by discussing depencency & WST and when later referring back to that discussion don't write "Let us recall", but rather "as discussed earlier", thus active over passive.
† E.g. "Samir Amin (1975)". --Tomvasseur (talk) 10:42, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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There is a far larger page of information on Samir Amin on the Spanish wikipedia (here), but my spanish is nowhere near good enough to translate more than the basics. Proto t c 09:16, 25 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Influence on Pol Pot and the Khymer Rouge

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It is a often repeated rumour that Samir Amin knew Saloth Sar (the future Pol Pot) as the two men were students in Paris at the same time. Samir Amin, however, refutes this relationship, stating (in "A Life Looking Forward", his autobiography p75, english edition, Zed Books): "...I only came across Saloth Sar on two occasions; he soon ended his studies and returned to Cambodia. Unscrupulous journalists have since embroidered on the issue of my 'relations' with Khieu Samphan, and I have even been described as his 'mentor'. That is a stupid calumny. He was exactly the same age as myself, and there is no way I could ever have been his intellectual guide."

Samir Amin here does not deny having relations with Khieu Samphan, indeed knowing they were so close in age may give the impression they were reasonably close. It is, however, worth noting that Samir Amin is keen to distance himself from the Khymer Rouge.

Guyt 11:54, 4 July 2007 (UTC) Guy Taylor[reply]


'Adhominem Attack ' The inneundo here is that Samir has some links to the horrendus acts of the Kmymer Rouge.Yet the only real link is a " Certian rumor" as stated above.Also that Samir is somehow suspect for opposing such unsubstanciated linkages to one of the most brutal regimes in recent memory. What is the rational behind casting such flimsy insinnuations,on such a worthy opponent of the few who have bagged for themselves what rightfully belongs to many.Samir has dedicated a lifetime to the collective rather than partake of the spoils his education would have afforded him as part of the few.I think it is valid to critique one's ideas and quite naturally to also bring to light misguided associations if indeed such liasons shed a light in the directions of a scholar's involvement in someting as brutal as the wholescale slaughter of the khymer rouge,but such a claim should be substanciated with evidence of import inextricably linked to the scholar.This i believe is what should be accorded to all, especially one of the interlectual giants bar none living today.Ad'hominem attacks on such scholars are indications of the frustrations that visit upon those who find it immposible to marshall a viable critique in the face of grand ideas/theory as in the case of the lucid, impeccable and deligent works of Samir Amin. 

abdi latif ega 14 august 2007
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--Gary Dee 16:55, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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--Gary Dee 18:25, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Section references in "Political theory and strategy" section?

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There are references to sections (e.g., 2.1.1, 2.1.2, etc) throughout the "Political theory and strategy" section. Are these references to places in this page? If so, it is unclear how the sections being referenced relate to the content. Should they be removed? Wusuozuowei (talk) 20:06, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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