Labnet: CFP: Giovanni Arrighi's "The Long Twentieth Century" revisited - Dresden 07/08

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From: Eric Vanhaute <eric.vanhaute at ugent.be>
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Eric Vanhaute, Ghent University, Belgium, Dresden 03.07.2008-05.07.2008,
WTC Dresden
Deadline: 01.12.2007

Session proposal for the II. European Congress in World and Global
History, Dresden (Germany), 3-5 July 2008: 


Giovanni Arrighi's 'The Long Twentieth Century' revisited. 

In 1994 the Italian-American sociologist Giovanni Arrighi published his
monumental book 'The Long Twentieth Century. Money, Power, and the
Origins of Our Times' (Verso). This book was a milestone in the
global-historical analysis of the rise of capitalism and an important
step forward in the Braudelian-Wallersteinian world-systemic oeuvre.

The Long Twentieth Century traces the epochal shifts in the relationship
between capital accumulation and state formation over a 700-year period.
It identifies structures and agencies which have shaped the course of
world history over the millennium. From this perspective it explains the
changing hegemonies of Italian, Dutch, English and American capitalism. 

This workshop aims to discuss the impact of the book on nowadays
historical-sociological and global research. More in particular we want
to discuss the central concepts of the book: 'long centuries' as cycles
of accumulation, hegemony and state formation, rise (material expansion)
and crisis (financial expansion) within the capitalist system.

We welcome all paper proposals that address the work of Giovanni Arrighi
in a critical way.

Proposals are to be sent to (before december 1th):

Eric Vanhaute, Ghent University, Belgium
email: eric.vanhaute at ugent.be

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Eric Vanhaute
Ghent University
Belgium
E-Mail: eric.vanhaute at ugent.be

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