Samir Amin

Samir Amin
Samir Amin
Born	3 September 1931; Cairo, Egypt
Died	12 August 2018 (aged 86); Paris, France
Known for	Introduction of the term Eurocentrism
Academic background
Alma mater	Sciences Po; Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques
Thesis	The structural effects of the international integration of precapitalist economies
Academic work
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

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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^ "A Brief Biography of Samir Amin". Monthly Review, Vol. 44, Issue 4, September 1992. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018.
^ Kvangraven, I. H. (2017). A Dependency Pioneer: Samir Amin. p. 12.

Samir Amin

Born	(1931-09-03)3 September 1931 Cairo, Egypt
Died	12 August 2018(2018-08-12) (aged 86) Paris, France
Known for	Introduction of the term Eurocentrism

Academic background
Alma mater	Sciences Po Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques
Thesis	The structural effects of the international integration of precapitalist economies
Academic work
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