Where is Marxism in International Relations? The answer lies in this collective work by Brazilian authors who have looked to Marxist theory for an alternative perspective, and therefore outside the dominant ideas in the field, to analyse International Relations. Specifically, the answer is divided into themes: key ideas by Marx and Engels for IR, Marxist thinkers as IR theorists, Marxist theories on imperialism, and the Latin-American theory on dependency. With the end result, this book adds to the international intellectual efforts to criticize and overcome capitalism.
Caio Bugiato, Ph.D. (2016),
University of Campinas, Brazil, is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at
Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro and at
Federal University of ABC, São Paulo. He is the Editor of
Marxism and International Relations (in Portuguese).
Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Part 1 Key Ideas by Marx and Engels for
ir
1 Marx and the Formation of the Modern International System
Luis Manoel Rebelo Fernandes
2 Marx, Engels and the System of World Power in the Nineteenth Century
Muniz Gonçalves Ferreira
3 Revolutions and International Relations
Marxism’s Contributions and Failures Paulo Gilberto Fagundes Visentini
Part 2 Marxist Thinkers as
ir
Theorists 4 The Center-Periphery Dialectic
Lenin’s Contribution to the Analysis of Contemporary International Relations Rita Matos Coitinho
5 ‘War against War’
Rosa Luxemburg as an International Relations Theorist Miguel Borba de Sá
6 The Imperialist Chain of the Interstate Relations
Nicos Poulantzas’ Theory on Imperialism Caio Martins Bugiato
7 Hegemonic Struggle and Populism
Agonistic Solutions to the Identity Challenge Mayra Goulart da Silva
8 Imperialism as a Complex System of Domination
An Approach from Domenico Losurdo Diego Pautasso
9 David Harvey and the International Relations
Some Appointments Leonardo César Souza Ramos, Rodrigo Corrêa Teixeira and Marina Scotelaro de Castro
Part 3 Marxist Theories on Imperialism 10 Notes on Imperialism, State and International Relations
Luiz Felipe Brandão Osório
11 The Marxist Debate on Post-World War
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Imperialism
Caio Martins Bugiato and Tatiana Berringer
12 Imperialism
The Question of System Stability Marcelo Pereira Fernandes
Part 4 Latin-American Theory on Dependency 13 The Marxist Theory of Dependency
Contributions of Latin American Marxism to International Relations Maíra Machado Bichir
14 Imperialism and Dependence vs. Interdependence
The Muted side of a Theoretical Clash Rejane Carolina Hoeveler
15 Brazilian Sub-imperialism and Peripheral Development
A Marxist Critique of the Dependency Theory Tiago Soares Nogara
Index
This book is intended for all those interested in Marxism and the field of International Relations, especially academics.