Marxism and International Relations: Studies from the Brazilian Global South (Studies in Critical Social Sciences, 279)

Front Cover Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Part 1 Key Ideas by Marx and Engels for ir Chapter 1 Marx and the Formation of the Modern International System 1 Introduction 2 Marx and the Study of International Relations 3 Marx and the Dialectics of Globalization in Modernity 4 The Illusion of Convergence 5 The Theoretical Key to Understand the Genesis of the Modern International System 6 Marx and the National Question 7 Conclusion References Chapter 2 Marx, Engels and the System of World Power in the Nineteenth Century 1 Introduction 2 Assessment of the Role Played by Russia in the International System 3 The Fate of Turkey in the Vienna System 4 The Role of British Diplomacy 5 The Crimean War and Its Developments 6 European Diplomacy after the Paris Treaty 7 Conclusion References Chapter 3 Revolutions and International Relations: Marxism’s Contributions and Failures 1 Introduction 2 The Marxist International Relations Approach: War and Revolution 3 Revolutions: a Neglected Dimension in International Relations 4 Revolutions and Their Regimes 5 Revolutions and International Politics 6 A Chronology: Revolutions of the Twentieth Century 7 Revolutions and the Dialectical Contradiction of Marxism References Part 2 Marxist Thinkers as ir Theorists Chapter 4 The Center-Periphery Dialectic: Lenin’s Contribution to the Analysis of Contemporary International Relations 1 Introduction 2 The Theorist of Praxis 3 The Theory of Imperialism 4 Later Developments and Theoretical Debates in the Field of Contemporary International Relations5 5 Conclusion References Chapter 5 ‘War against War’: Rosa Luxemburg as an International Relations Theorist 1 Introduction 2 The First Great Debate: Myths, Distortions, and Silences 3 Rosa Luxemburg as a Realist 4 Rosa Luxemburg’s Idealism: in Theory and in Action 5 Concluding References Chapter 6 The Imperialist Chain of the Interstate Relations: Nicos Poulantzas’ Theory on Imperialism 1 Introduction 2 Conceptual Explanations 3 The Theory on Imperialism 4 Conclusion References Chapter 7 Hegemonic Struggle and Populism: Agonistic Solutions to the Identity Challenge 1 Introduction 2 Populism and Hegemonic Struggle in Latin America: Theory and Praxis in the Work of Chantal Mouffe and Ernesto Laclau 3 Hegemonic Struggle and Populism in the 21st Century: Theory and Praxis 4 Populism and Hegemonic Struggle: Agonistic Solutions to the Identity Challenge 5 The Limits of Populism as a Counter-Hegemonic Operator: the Caesarist Drift and the Schmittian Legacy 6 Conclusion References Chapter 8 Imperialism as a Complex System of Domination: An Approach from Domenico Losurdo 1 Introduction 2 Imperialism: Genealogy and Its Paths 3 Lexis of Imperialism and Its War Technologies 4 Imperialism, Expropriation and Resistance 5 Conclusion References Chapter 9 David Harvey and the International Relations: Some Appointments 1 Introduction 2 Towards a ‘Geography of Capitalist Accumulation’ 3 Accumulation by Dispossession 4 The New Imperialism in This Context 5 New Imperialism and Neoliberalism 6 Dialogs and Limits with International Relations 7 Conclusion References Part 3 Marxist Theories on Imperialism Chapter 10 Notes on Imperialism, State and International Relations 1 Introduction 2 Imperialism, Marxism and International Relations 3 Marx and International Relations 4 Three Debates on Imperialism 5 Conclusions References Chapter 11 The Marxist Debate on Post-World War ii Imperialism 1 Introduction 2 Harry Magdoff and the US Super Imperialism 3 Ernest Mandel and the Permanence of Inter-imperialist Rivalries 4 Nicos Poulantzas, Imperialism and Bourgeois Factions 5 Conclusion References Chapter 12 Imperialism: The Question of System Stability 1 Introduction 2 Stability in Classical Imperialism 3 Stability in the Post-cold Aar 4 End of Rivalries? 5 Conclusion References Part 4 Latin-American Theory on Dependency Chapter 13 The Marxist Theory of Dependency: Contributions of Latin American Marxism to International Relations 1 Introduction 2 The Emergence of the Marxist Theory of Dependency 3 The Encounter between Marxism and the Latin American Thought 4 The Construction of a New Perspective on the International System References Chapter 14 Imperialism and Dependence vs. Interdependence: The Muted Side of a Theoretical Clash 1 Introduction 2 The Theories of Dependence and the Anti-imperialism 3 The Position of Interdependence in the Intellectual Journey of Nye and Keohane 4 An ‘Interdependence’ to Discredit ‘Dependence’? 5 Congruence with Brzezinski 6 Organic Intellectuals and Private Hegemonic Apparatuses 7 Final Considerations References Chapter 15 Brazilian Sub-imperialism and Peripheral Development: A Critique of the Marxist Dependency Theory 1 Introduction 2 Ruy Mauro Marini’s Perspective on Brazilian Sub-imperialism 3 Brazilian Sub-imperialism in the Twenty First Century 4 Some Aspects of the Dependentist Thesis and Their Implications 5 Foreign Policy and Peripheral Development 6 Conclusion References Index Back Cover Where is Marxism in International Relations? The answer lies in this collective work by Brazilian authors who have looked to Marxist theory for an alternative perspective, and therefore outside the dominant ideas in the field, to analyse International Relations. Specifically, the answer is divided into themes: key ideas by Marx and Engels for IR, Marxist thinkers as IR theorists, Marxist theories on imperialism, and the Latin-American theory on dependency. With the end result, this book adds to the international intellectual efforts to criticize and overcome capitalism.