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Submitted by francopolis on April 12, 2005
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INTRODUCTION TO TRANSITIONS AND MODES IN THE WORLD SYSTEM
The present \\\\\\\"transition from socialism to capitalism\\\\\\\" and the possible future
\\\\\\\"shift of hegemony from the United States to Japan\\\\\\\" are occasion to re-examine
several scientific tenents of our politics and political tenents of our social
science. Among these are 1) the \\\\\\\"transition from feudalism to capitalism,\\\\\\\" 2)
the \\\\\\\"transition from capitalisnm to socialism,\\\\\\\" 3) the process of \\\\\\\"transition\\\\\\\"
itself, 4) the notion of feudal, capitalist and socialist \\\\\\\"modes of
production,\\\\\\\" and 5) and the hegemonic rise and decline of Europe and the West
in the modern world capitalist system. The question arises whether any or all
of the above are based on scientific analytical categories, or whether they
are only derived from fond ideological beliefs. Perhaps both contemporary
political reality and available historical evidence should now lead us to
abandon some or even all of these positions.
My tentative conclusion will be that ideological blinkers - or worse, mindset
- have too long prevented us from seeing that the world political economic
system long predated the rise of capitalism in Europe and its hegemony in the
world. The rise of Europe represented a hegemonic shift from East to West
within a pre-existing system. If there was any transition then, it was this
hegemonic shift within the system rather than the formation of a new system.
We are again in one of the alternating periods of hegemony and rivalry in the
world system now, which portends a renewed westward shift of hegemony across
the Pacific. To identify the system with its dominant mode of production is a
mistake. There was no transition from feudalism to capitalism as such. Nor was
there (to be) an...
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