This argument has been codified in the twentieth century as meritocracy, in which those on top in the process of capitalist accumulation have merited their position.
As a matter of law the states recognized no constraints on their legislative scope other than those that were self-imposed. Even where particular sta… - Immanuel Wallerstein
As a matter of law the states recognized no constraints on their legislative scope other than those that were self-imposed. Even where particular sta…
- Immanuel Wallerstein
For the other end of the spectrum, the 50 to 85 percent of the world's population who are not the recipients of privilege, the world they know is alm… - Immanuel Wallerstein
For the other end of the spectrum, the 50 to 85 percent of the world's population who are not the recipients of privilege, the world they know is alm…
People resist exploitation. They resist as actively as they can, as passively as they must. - Immanuel Wallerstein
People resist exploitation. They resist as actively as they can, as passively as they must.
The real threat to U.S. military power is nuclear proliferation, because if every little country has nuclear weapons it becomes very tricky for the U… - Immanuel Wallerstein
The real threat to U.S. military power is nuclear proliferation, because if every little country has nuclear weapons it becomes very tricky for the U…
The language of intrinsic human rights represented a significant advance beyond the previous language of world religions in terms of its universal ap… - Immanuel Wallerstein
The language of intrinsic human rights represented a significant advance beyond the previous language of world religions in terms of its universal ap…
Communism is Utopia, that is nowhere. It is the avatar of all our religious eschatologies: the coming of the Messiah, the second coming of Christ, ni… - Immanuel Wallerstein
Communism is Utopia, that is nowhere. It is the avatar of all our religious eschatologies: the coming of the Messiah, the second coming of Christ, ni…
The mark of the modern world is the imagination of its profiteers and the counter-assertiveness of the oppressed. Exploitation and the refusal to acc… - Immanuel Wallerstein
The mark of the modern world is the imagination of its profiteers and the counter-assertiveness of the oppressed. Exploitation and the refusal to acc…
Historical capitalism is a materialist civilization. - Immanuel Wallerstein
Historical capitalism is a materialist civilization.
To be sure, the use of force by one party in a market transaction in order to improve his price was no invention of capitalism. Unequal exchange is a… - Immanuel Wallerstein
To be sure, the use of force by one party in a market transaction in order to improve his price was no invention of capitalism. Unequal exchange is a…
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