The World-System and Africa Immanuel Wallerstein

In&nbsp,The World-System and Africa, Immanuel Wallerstein examines three important, interconnected themes that link Africa and the capitalist world-system of the last 500 years. While drawing attention to the structural crisis of the modern world-system, Wallerstein uses the first set of essays to&nbsp,explore the impact of this worldwide structural crisis on Africa. Next, he turns to identity politics, a political stance that came to prominence in the&nbsp,last thirty years, and considers the world-system context for the African dilemmas posed by this approach. Not unique to Africa, identity politics&nbsp,has become central to political struggles everywhere in the world-system. Finally, Wallerstein reflects on African thinkers&rsquo, analyses of current affairs&nbsp,both in the world-system and in Africa. Coming from someone who has been involved in writing about Africa for over seventy years, Wallerstein&nbsp,argues that if Africa is going to play an appropriate and significant role in resolving the structural crisis of the modern world-system, it is crucial&nbsp,that there continue to be a well-informed and intellectually relevant debate about the issues involved, the moral choices to be made, and the political strategies to follow.

Ficha Técnica

• ISBN: 9781937306526
• Autor: Immanuel Wallerstein
• Editorial: Diasporic Africa Press
• Páginas: No especificado
• Encuadernación: Tapa Blanda
• Dimensiones: 152.00 x 229.00 mm