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Arguing that liberalism, the dominant ideology of the 19th and 20th centuries, has lost its ability to enchant and to organize the world-system, this book examines the disintegration of our modern world-system, explores the historical choices before us, and suggests paths to reconstruction.

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This work draws upon the full range of Wallerstein's social scientific scholarship, from his research on contemporary African politics, to his study of the modern world-system and essays on the new structures of knowledge emerging from the crisis of the capitalist world-economy.

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Argues that Western intervention around the world has been justified by appeals to notions of civilisation, development and progress, that originate from sixteenth century debates on the ethics of the Spanish conquest of the Americas.

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Contrary to the prevailing views of the mainstream, Immanuel Wallerstein argues that the principal crisis facing the US and the world is not terrorism, but the decline of American power and the decay of organizational structures of the world system. The book analyses this process and its effects.

(Hardback)

Contrary to the prevailing views of the mainstream, Immanuel Wallerstein argues that the principal crisis facing the US and the world is not terrorism, but the decline of American power and the decay of organizational structures of the world system. The book analyses this process and its effects.