Comments on: Is Al Qaeda Irrelevant or Broken? http://www.bythefault.com/2008/06/22/is-al-qaeda-irrelevant-or-broken/ seismic politics, earth-shattering economics and volcanic commentary Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:20:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: FrenchDoc http://www.bythefault.com/2008/06/22/is-al-qaeda-irrelevant-or-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-613 FrenchDoc Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:06:12 +0000 http://www.bythefault.com/?p=656#comment-613 Yup, core, semi-periphery and periphery are the main areas of the world-system in terms of division of labor and control of the global capitalist system. Again, I also highly recommend William Robinson's A Theory of Global Capitalism for an excellent critique of Wallerstein and a powerful theory to grasp the unique and new dimensions of the world economic, political and social order. Yup, core, semi-periphery and periphery are the main areas of the world-system in terms of division of labor and control of the global capitalist system.
Again, I also highly recommend William Robinson’s A Theory of Global Capitalism for an excellent critique of Wallerstein and a powerful theory to grasp the unique and new dimensions of the world economic, political and social order.

]]> By: Charles Lemos http://www.bythefault.com/2008/06/22/is-al-qaeda-irrelevant-or-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Charles Lemos Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:29:47 +0000 http://www.bythefault.com/?p=656#comment-612 That rings a bell, Wallerstein's world system analysis. Didn't he though use the core versus periphery dichotomy? I may have to re-read him again. Thanks. That rings a bell, Wallerstein’s world system analysis. Didn’t he though use the core versus periphery dichotomy? I may have to re-read him again. Thanks.

]]> By: FrenchDoc http://www.bythefault.com/2008/06/22/is-al-qaeda-irrelevant-or-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-593 FrenchDoc Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:27:23 +0000 http://www.bythefault.com/?p=656#comment-593 Technically, Wallerstein is not considered a dependency theorist. He created his own approach to the political economy of the capitalist system: world-system analysis. In the context of globalization, this nation-based approach has been very contested in the past 10 years (especially by another Latin Americanist sociologist, William Robinson) who contends indeed that we have now a multi-polar world where dominance has not disappeared but is being reconfigured in the context of the global capitalist system. (Geez, now I'll have to post on that too!) Technically, Wallerstein is not considered a dependency theorist. He created his own approach to the political economy of the capitalist system: world-system analysis.
In the context of globalization, this nation-based approach has been very contested in the past 10 years (especially by another Latin Americanist sociologist, William Robinson) who contends indeed that we have now a multi-polar world where dominance has not disappeared but is being reconfigured in the context of the global capitalist system. (Geez, now I’ll have to post on that too!)

]]> By: Charles Lemos http://www.bythefault.com/2008/06/22/is-al-qaeda-irrelevant-or-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-588 Charles Lemos Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:38:23 +0000 http://www.bythefault.com/?p=656#comment-588 I guess you're right that Wallerstein is a sociologist but I always thought of him as political scientist perhaps because the one part of his immense body work with which I am most familiar is his dependency theory. As a Latin Americanist, I used to teach it though I didn't really agree with it. Now I have to go back to my library and pull out his books and glance through them again. I think we are entering a period I might call the "last stand of hegemons." My view is that we don't have the energy resources to sustain our economic systems as is and as we enter a post-oil world we will see a break down of nation-states. In that there is opportunity for Al-Qaeda. Lots in this post to think about. Thanks. I guess you’re right that Wallerstein is a sociologist but I always thought of him as political scientist perhaps because the one part of his immense body work with which I am most familiar is his dependency theory. As a Latin Americanist, I used to teach it though I didn’t really agree with it. Now I have to go back to my library and pull out his books and glance through them again.

I think we are entering a period I might call the “last stand of hegemons.” My view is that we don’t have the energy resources to sustain our economic systems as is and as we enter a post-oil world we will see a break down of nation-states. In that there is opportunity for Al-Qaeda.

Lots in this post to think about. Thanks.

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