Today a friend handed back to me a long borrowed copy of Arif Dirlik’s Anarchism and the Chinese Revolution (University of California Press, 1991). Full of nuggets and insights, the work is composed of several essays discussing the influence and role of anarchism from about 1900 to 1930; a period of tremendous social upheaval in [...]
Filed under: Anarchism, Asia, Latin America | Tagged: Arif Dirlik, China, Chinese anarchism, Gramsci, hegemony, Manuel Gonzalez Prada | 2 Comments »
Notes on Wallerstein’s “Historical Capitalism”
Why the hell do I find Wallerstein so interesting? To be honest, when close friends have told me that I’ve been stuck on him for the last year or so, they are absolutely right. So now I aim to explain to them and others why this is the case and why [...]
Filed under: Theory, the left | Tagged: anti-systemic movements, hegemony, historical capitalism, Imperialism, revolution, the commodification of everything, unequal exchange, Wallerstein, World Systems Analysis | 1 Comment »
