PHLB20H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: World-Systems Theory, Industrial Revolution, Thomas Piketty
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Post-soviet marxism: the fall of the ussr was a blow to marxist ideas, but there are still systems of production that were born out of colonialism and slavery, that still keep poor states poor and rich states rich. From periphery to core: we live in the capital, the stru(cid:272)ture does (cid:374)ot per(cid:373)it (cid:455)ou (cid:894)mo(cid:448)i(cid:374)g fro(cid:373) afgha(cid:374)ista(cid:374) to ca(cid:374)ada, is(cid:374)"t the e(cid:454)a(cid:272)t pursuit of happiness) The system violent, and breaking the system will be no violent. Ir theorists can use mncs, states, non-state movements, and individuals in their analyses: nature of capitalism: The core: nature is to consume and exploit. Periphery: nature is to produce and be exploited: context: The context is a class based international system. This class system is based on the means of production, which creates the (cid:862)superstru(cid:272)ture(cid:863) of so(cid:272)iet(cid:455). Marx says politics religion, culture, all of that is epiphenomenal.
