Violent Crackup of the Post-WWII International Order
Notes on the Geopolitical Crisis and Global Capital
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12433103 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William I Robinson (University of California, Santa Barbara, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 227-232 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of World-Systems Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1076-156X • E-ISSN: 1076-156X |
| Publisher | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5195/jwsr.2023.1153 |
| OpenAlex | W4328131590 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
The Highest Stage of Capitalism, 1 in 1916, in the midst of the First World War and on the eve of the Soviet Revolution.Lenin had argued that the bloody conflagration should be understood as a battle among European states to establish colonial zones of influence and therefore to secure access in competition with rival powers to markets, raw materials, and outlets for surplus accumulated capital.This conflict among states, in Lenin's view, expressed a more fundamental, underlying conflict among nationally-organized capitalist classes and, therefore, the essence of imperialism was rivalry among these national capitalist classes for world control.This theory of imperialism subsequently informed radical political economy throughout the twentieth century and still holds purchase among the majority of Marxist, world-systems, and other radical students of the world capitalist system and the current global conjuncture.A century after Lenin put forth his thesis, geopolitical tensions and inter-state conflict are reaching the boiling 1 There is some controversy as to the accuracy of this translation from the Russian that I cannot take up here.Suffice it to note that alternative translations include the "last" and the "latest" stage of capitalism.This is not a trivial matter, because Lenin may have meant that there are ongoing stages without a final one, a view with which I would concur.There can be no "last" or "final" stage in a constantly evolving and open-ended reality
Economics · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · World order · World War II · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |