After Liberalism

292 Pages·1995·39.228 MB·English

by  Immanuel Wallerstein

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AFTER LIBERALISM
OTHER BOOKS BY IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN
Africa: ThePoliticsofIndependence(1961)
TheRoadtoIndependence: GhanaandtheIvoryCoast (1964)
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Universityin Turmoil: ThePoliticsofChange(1967)
Africa: TraditionandChange(1972;withEvelynJonesRich)
TheModem WorldSystem, 7(1974)
TheCapitalist World-Economy(1979)
TheModem WorldSystem,II(1980)
World-SystemsAnalysis(1982;withTerenceK.Hopkins,etal.)
DynamicsofGlobalCrisis(1982;withS.Amin,etal.)
HistoricalCapitalism(1983)
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TheModern World-System,III{19S9)
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andthe World-System(1990;withS.Amin,etal.)
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AFTER LIBERALISM
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CONTENTS
acknowledgments ix
introduction: after liberalism? 1
i. the 1990s and after: can we reconstruct? 9
TheColdWarand theThirdWorld: TheGoodOldDays? 10
Peace,StabiUty,and Legitimacy, 1990-2025/2050 25
WhatHopeAfrica?WhatHopetheWorld? 46
II. THE CONSTRUCTION AND TRIUMPH OF LIBERAL IDEOLOGY 71
ThreeIdeologies orOne?ThePseudobatde ofModernity 72
LiberalismandtheLegitimationofNation-States:
AnHistoricalInterpretation 93
TheConceptofNationalDevelopment, 1917-1989:
ElegyandRequiem 108
III. THE HISTORICAL DILEMMAS OF LIBERALS 125
TheEndofWhatModernity? 126
TheInsurmountable ContradictionsofLiberahsm:
HumanRightsandthe RightsofPeoplesintheGeoculture
oftheModemWorld-System 145
TheGeocultureofDevelopment,ortheTransformation
ofOurGeoculture? 162
AmericaandtheWorld: Today,Yesterday,andTomorrow 176
IV. THE DEATH OF SOCIALISM, OR CAPITALISM IN MORTAL DANGER? 209
RevolutionasStrategyandTacticsofTransformation 210
MarxismAftertheCollapseoftheCommunisms 219
TheCollapseofLiberahsm 232
TheAgoniesofLiberahsm:WhatHopeProgress? 252
NOTES
272