Marxism and International Relations: Studies from the Brazilian Global South

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
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