Empire of the Periphery

Russia and the World System

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Leading writer Boris Kagarlitsky offers an ambitious account of 1000 years of Russian history. Encompassing all key periods in Russia's dramatic development, the book covers everything from early settlers, through medieval decline, Ivan the Terrible - the 'English Tsar', Peter the Great, the Crimean War and the rise of capitalism, the revolution, the Soviet period, finally ending with the return of capitalism after 1991.Setting Russia within the context of the 'World System', as outlined by Wallerstein, this is a major work of historical Marxist theory that is set to become a future classic.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-12-20
Mått:150 x 230 x 27 mm
Vikt:668 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:384
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745326825
Översättare:Clarke, Renfrey

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Boris Kagarlitsky is a Russian Marxist theoretician and sociologist who has been a political dissident in the former Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. He is the author of many books, his latest being The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left. In 2023 he was detained under Putin’s regime for speaking out against the war in Ukraine, and in February 2024 he was sentenced to five years in a penal colony. Since then, the Daniel Singer Foundation designated him as the recipient of its 2024 Prisoner of Conscience Award.Renfrey Clarke is an Australian journalist, translator and left activist.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Topic and Method1. A Land of Cities2. The Thirteenth-Century Decline3. Moscow and Novgorod4. The Crisis of the Seventeenth Century5. The 'English Tsar'6. Empire of the Periphery7. Peter the Great8. The Eighteenth-Century Expansion9. The Granary of Europe10. The Crimean War and the World System11. The Age of Reforms12. The Flourishing of Russian Capitalism13. The Revolutionary Explosion14. The Soviet World15. After 1991: The Peripheral Capitalism of the Restoration EpochNotesIndex