On 10/31/06, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yoshie:
>Moreover, we live in the age of movements toward regional integration
>with a great potential for the decline of US hegemony. So, each
>nation's struggle had better be understood in this context, too,
>rather than in isolation from the rest of the world.
After taking a look at what Samir Amin has been saying recently,
prompted by Yoshie's recommendation of his "multipolar" approach, I
can better understand where she is coming from. His recently
published "Beyond US Hegemony?: Assessing the Prospects for a
Multipolar World" (co-authored by Patrick Camiller, somebody I am not
familiar with) is described on amazon.com this way:
"Samir Amin rejects the notion that the current form of neoliberal
capitalism is an inevitable future for humanity. He analyzes
tendencies within the US, Europe and Japan, the rising powers of
China and India, the likely future trajectory of post-Soviet Russia,
and the developing world. He explores whether other hegemonic blocs
may emerge to circumscribe American power, and force free market
capitalism to adjust to demands other than its narrow central economic logic."
This might ring a bell. It is almost identical to the sort of thing
that Hardt and Negri have said, especially after 9/11, except
oriented more to the South.
"[E]xcept orientated more to the South." That's an important
exception, imho. What do you think Chavez is doing by counterposing
ALBA to FTAA, taking part in MERCOSUR, running for a seat in the UN
SC, etc.?
--
Yoshie
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