[lbo-talk] New Imperialism?

Autoplectic autoplectic at gmail.com
Mon Mar 28 19:26:39 PST 2005


On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:36:49 -0800 (PST), Chuck Grimes <cgrimes at rawbw.com> wrote:


> You should get the book and read it. Harvey sets up the conceptual
> framework very well, and in a more concrete way that Hardt and
> Negri. In fact, I was thinking that Harvey's version of the empire
> brings out the framework for understanding a lot better than most of
> the things I've read, and it is about the current world so there is
> are no anachronisms to deal with---which imo get in the way of older
> works. It is also very quick reading.
>
> Brieftly, he outlines the combination of spatial and temporal
> arrangements and then mixes and matches these to the dynamics of
> capitalism and states, covering finance and production, national
> policies and international agencies (IMF, WTO, GATT, TRIPPS, WB) along
> with regional consortiums like EU and Asian varieties (forgot the
> names).
>
> The result answers the question what empire---it is political,
> economic, geographic and conceptual.
>
> CG

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So will imperialism come to an end when every nation/region from Iceland to Antarctica is capitalist? Does Harvey address the 'varieties of capitalism' literature at all?

Ian



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