The World We Wish to See: Revolutionary Objectives in the Twenty-First Century

Beschreibung:

The World We Wish to See presents a sweeping view of
twentieth-century political history and a stirring appeal to take
political culture seriously. Samir Amin offers a provocative analysis of
resistance to capitalism and imperialism and calls for a new politics
of opposition. Capitalism is a global system, so ultimately any
successful challenge to it must be organized on the same level: an
“internationalism of peoples.”

Throughout the twentieth century
the socialist and communist internationals, national liberation
movements, and great revolutions have presented challenges to the world
order. Amin provides a succinct discussion of the successes and failures
of these mobilizations, in order to assess the present struggle.
Neoliberalism and the drive for military hegemony by the United States
have spawned new political and social movements of resistance and
attempts at international organization through the World Social Forum.
Amin assesses the potential and limitations of these movements to
confront global capitalism in the twenty-first century. The World We Wish to See
makes a distinction between “political cultures and conflict” and
“political cultures of consensus.” A new politics of struggle is needed;
one that is not afraid to confront the power of capitalism, one that is
both critical and self-critical.