Capitalist Class Formation and U.S. Imperialism

The relevance of Van Der Pijl’s classic volume lies in its potential to provide an extensible conceptual framework that accentuates the territoriality of capitalist-imperialism. The arguments provided in the new preface are influenced by the author’s later work, which associates capitalist globaliza...

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Published in:Review of Radical Political Economics 2015-09, Vol.47 (3), p.491-493
Main Author: Gürcan, Efe Can
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capitalism
Cosmopolitanism
Globalization
Imperialism
Studies
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Summary:The relevance of Van Der Pijl’s classic volume lies in its potential to provide an extensible conceptual framework that accentuates the territoriality of capitalist-imperialism. The arguments provided in the new preface are influenced by the author’s later work, which associates capitalist globalization with the rise of masonic “transnational cosmopolitanism.” Such an assumption, however, seems to contradict the book’s original argument about the territoriality of imperialism and the state’s central role in manufactory hegemony.
ISSN:0486-6134
1552-8502
DOI:10.1177/0486613414542789