ABSTRACT
The Amsterdam project has several distinctive conceptual elements. In addition to its roots in historical materialism, these include a transnational perspective, neo-Gramscian readings of hegemony and organic intellectuals, and a strong focus on the role of capital fractions in developing comprehensive concepts of control. The more recent conflict dynamics in the Ukraine, between the European Union (EU) and Turkey, or between the US and China also fit broadly into this line of interpretation. The more recent conflict dynamics in the Ukraine, between the European Union (EU) and Turkey, or between the US and China also fit broadly into this line of interpretation. The changing nature of social struggles is certainly part of the changing dynamics and patterns of capitalist accumulation. However, it would be a mistake to confine the analysis just to this structural dimension. In a way, the rise of nationalist populism reflects a new discursive cleavage between neoliberal cosmopolitanism and nationalist populism.
