Chaotic uncertainty : reflections on Islam, the Middle East and the world-system / Immanuel Wallerstein ; edited by Ozlem Madi and Cengiz Sisman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice, 1930-2019, author.

Contributor:

Madi, Ozlem, editor.

Şişman, Cengiz, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics--20th century.

World politics.

Capitalism--History--20th century.

Capitalism.

History.

Islam--20th century.

Islam.

Middle East--20th century.

Middle East.

Middle East Region.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

288 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Kopernik, 2018.

Summary:

Immanuel Wallerstein is one of the most important and yet controversial thinkers and activists of our time, writing on a wide range of topics from global economics and international politics. To Wallerstein, capitalist world-system, which was created over the last five hundred years, and whose main ideology was liberalism, has been going through a deep structural crisis since the 1970s. He maintains that this system will be replaced by other and perhaps better systems in the mid or long run. In his works in last few decades, Wallerstein has devoted almost all of his energy and time analyzing and explaining how the capitalist system could be replaced by a better system. In that regards, he considers Islamism as one of the most important dissenting movements in the World-System, but necessarily as a powerful force to replace it. This volume contains his articles and commentaries on Islam, the Middle East and the World-System, all of which were published since the Arab Spring.

Contents:

Editor's Introduction: Wallerstein, Islam and the World-System Theory

Islam, the Middle East and North Africa

USA and Latin America

Europe and Asia

World-system.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789752439511

9752439519

OCLC:

1037809232