ABSTRACT

In The Global Left: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Immanuel Wallerstein takes stock of the practices of the left, historically in the time of its great ideals and today in the midst of the global crisis of capitalism. He underlines the urgency of seeing the emergence of a global and united left that can pave the way out of the centuries-old domination of capital, considering antisystemic movements, dilemmas of the left in relation to the structural crisis of the modern world-system, and tactics and strategies for political action. The book includes new essays by Étienne Balibar, James K. Galbraith, Johan Galtung, Nilüfer Göle, Pablo González Casanova, and Michel Wieviorka in conversation with Wallerstein’s core ideas.

part I|40 pages

The Global Left

chapter 1|16 pages

Capitalism and Antisystemic Movements

1789–1968

chapter 2|10 pages

Structural Crisis of the Modern World-System

Dilemmas of the Left

chapter 3|12 pages

Bifurcation and Collective Choice

Tactics of the Transition

part II|58 pages

Appreciations/Critiques

chapter 4|28 pages

Bifurcation in the “End” of Capitalism

Étienne Balibar

chapter 5|5 pages

The Left

Its Immediate Future

chapter 6|4 pages

The Global Left

A Comment

chapter 8|8 pages

The Global and the Left

Possible Encounters?