World systems theorists like emmanuel wallerstein. What do such theorists contribute to marxism? And why? Why has it been their study of capitalism as a geographically uneven, historical and global process that led them to these particular insights? It really depends, i think, on the vantage point from which this analysis is written. We can look at certain parts of africa, certain parts of asiaa country that, in one way another way, on the perifery of the world system an, not at its core. So who are your allies if you really need to think about some kind of alternative, non capitalist development)? Or is the bourgeoisie already fully integrated into the world capitalist
Featuring Evgeny Morozov on his essay "Critique of Techno-Feudal Reason." Thinkers from the Marxist left all the way to the neoliberal and even neo-reactionary right are convinced that we’ve exited capitalism entirely and entered neo-feudalism. Morozov argues that our bleak moment is in fact still a thoroughly capitalist one.
Evgeny's essay: newleftreview.org/issues/ii133/articles/evgeny-morozov-critique-of-techno-feudal-reason
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