Uncertain Worlds is the definitive presentation of the evolution of world-systems analysis from the point of view of its founder, Immanuel Wallerstein. Few theorists have offered a more systematic theory of what has become known as 'globalisation' than Wallerstein. The book includes a one-of-kind interview with Wallerstein by Carlos Rojas, a conversation between Wallerstein and Lemert about the history of the field as it has come down to the present time, a long essay by Lemert on the uncertainties of the modern world-system, as well as a preface by Rojas and a concluding essay by Wallerstein. No other book lends such biographical, historical, and personal nuance to the biography of world-systems analysis and, thus, to the history of our times. The will be a key reference book for students of global politics, economics and international relations.
Author(s): Immanuel Wallerstein; Carlos Aguirre Rojas; Charles C. Lemert
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 272
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction: Immanuel Wallerstein and the Critical “World-Systems Analysis” Perspective
A General Map of the World-Systems Analysis Perspective
The Historical-Critical Axis on the Global History of Capitalism
The Axis of the Critical Analysis of the Historical Long Twentieth Century
The Double Axis of the Analysis of Immediate History and the Prospective Scenarios of Present-Day Capitalism
The Epistemological-Critical Axis and the Social Sciences
One The World-Systems Analysis Perspective: An Interview with Immanuel Wallerstein
Biographical-Intellectual Sketch
Discussing the History of the Capitalist World-System
Twentieth-Century History, Immediate History, and the Future of the Capitalist World-System
Toward the Reorganization of the Current Social Sciences
Two A Discussion of the Itinerary of World-Systems Analysis and Its Uncertainties
Three Wallerstein and the Uncertain Worlds
Historical Method and Drama
The Modernizing World: Tragic Flat Line or Farcical Inequalities?
Liberal Time versus Global TimeSpace
Wallerstein’s Theory of TimeSpace
The Lessons of Complexity Studies for the Modern World-System
Uncertain Worlds
Four The Itinerary of World-Systems Analysis; or, How to Resist Becoming a Theory
Index
About the Authors
