Global Flashpoints

The world's leading writers, especially Aijaz Ahmad and Gilbert Achcar, address the conflicts and struggles in the Islamic world, Latin America and the capitalist north, and question the challenges and opportunities for the Left. Six articles on the Middle East examine the dual nature of Islamic anti-imperialism, the crucial role played by the West in bringing Islamic movements to the forefront, and various forms of Islamism as a political doctrine, providing concrete insights into the relationship between religion and politics, drawing on the examples of Iraq, Pakistan, and Turkey. It reveals an understanding. Two bleeding wounds in the Middle East, Palestine and Iraq, are among the topics discussed in the book.

Resistance to neoliberalism reveals itself most clearly in Latin America's "pink wave". In seven articles in the book, the feasibility of 21st century socialism throughout the region is evaluated, with an emphasis on the examples of Venezuela, Bolivia, Mexico and Argentina, while an interview with João-Pedro Stédile, leader of the Brazilian Landless Movement, offers a unique perspective on class struggles in this country. Resistance to neoliberalism and anti-imperialism in Eastern Europe, France and the USA is discussed in three articles. The selection ends with a discussion section in which three well-known economists analyze neoliberalism and critically examine the left's reaction to neoliberalism.


Thin Cover:

Number of Pages: 368

Year of Printing: 2009


eBook:

Number of Pages: 446

Year of Printing: 2009


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Yordam Kitap

First Print Year: 2009

Language Turkish