Geopolitics and Geoculture: Essays on the Changing World-System (Studies in Modern Capitalism)

this Is The Third Volume Of Immanuel Wallerstein's Essays To Appear In Studies In Modern Capitalism, Following The Immensely Successful Collections The Politics Of The World Economy And The Capitalist World Economy. Written Between 1982 And 1989, The Essays In This Volume Offer Wallerstein's Perspective On The Events Of The Period, And The Background To His Interpretation Of The Momentous Events Of 1989. Wallerstein Argues That The Collapse Of The Iron Curtain And The Process Of Perestroika Bear Out His Basic Analysis: That The Decline Of U.s. Hegemony In The World-system Is The Central Explanatory Variable Of Change; And That The Collapse Of The Communist Empire And The Approach Of European Unity Cannot Be Understood Without Reference To This Decline As A Critical Stage In The Cyclical Rhythm Of The Capitalist World Economy. As Part Of The Analysis The Book Also Charts The Development Of A Challenge To The Dominant Geoculture: The Cultural Framework Within Which The World-system Operates. This Collection Offers The Latest Ideas Of One Of The Most Original And Controversial Thinkers Of Recent Years, And Is Bound To Stimulate Debate Among Students And Scholars Across The Social Sciences. Contents......Page 4 Acknowledgments......Page 6 Introduction: The lessons of the 1980s......Page 7 Part I: Geopolitics : post-America......Page 23 1 .. North Atlanticism in decline......Page 25 2 .. The Reagan non-revolution, or the limited choices of the US......Page 32 3 .. Japan and the future trajectory of the world-system: lessons from history?......Page 42 4 .. European unity and its implications for the interstate system......Page 55 6 .. Marx, Marxism-Leninism, and socialist experiences in the modern world-system......Page 90 7 .. The Brandt report......Page 104 8 .. Typology of crises in the world-system......Page 110 9 .. The capitalist world-economy: middle-run prospects......Page 129 Part II: Geoculture: the underside of geopolitics......Page 143 10 .. National and world identities and the interstate system......Page 145 11 .. Culture as the ideological battleground of the modern world-system......Page 164 12 .. The national and the universal: can there be such a thing as world culture ?......Page 190 13 .. What can orie mean by Southern culture ?......Page 206 14 .. The modern world-system as a civilization......Page 221 15 .. The renewed concern with civilization(s?)......Page 237 Index......Page 244 Written between 1982 and 1989, this collection contains the author's perspective on the events of this period. The book also charts the development of a challenge to the dominant "geoculture": the cultural framework within which the world-system operates.