Postwar capitalist expansion, not decolonization, decisively shaped global contradictions.
Evidence
Fordism became firmly connected with Keynesianism, and capitalism indulged in a splurge of internationalist world-wide expansions that drew a host of de-colonized nations into its net. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 784 (
#expands, via linked claim)
But one could start with a radically different premiss: namely, the proposition that we live not in three worlds but in one; that this world includes the experience of colonialism and imperialism on both sides of Jameson’s global divide (the ‘experience’ of imperialism is a central fact of all aspects of life inside the USA, from ideological formation to the utilization of the social surplus in military-industrial complexes); that societies in formations of backward capitalism are as much constituted by the division of classes as are societies in the advanced capitalist countries; that socialism is not restricted to something called ‘the Second World’ but is simply the name of a resistance that saturates the globe today, as capitalism itself does; that the different parts of the capitalist system are to be known not in terms of a binary opposition but as a contradictory unity – with differences, yes, but also with profound overlaps. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 163 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The world forms one contradictory capitalist unity, not three separate worlds — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures, 163; Fordist-Keynesian capitalism expanded globally to absorb de-colonized nations — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 784; Postwar national liberation struggles worldwide rattled the centers of imperialism (+2 more)
Related
- Fordist-Keynesian capitalism expanded globally to absorb de-colonized nations (similarity 0.90)
- Capitalism’s postwar global consolidation outweighed decolonization and socialist gains (similarity 0.89)
- Decolonization within capitalism unified all capital zones under US dominance. (similarity 0.87)
- The world forms one contradictory capitalist unity, not three separate worlds (similarity 0.85)
- Fordism reorganized society and culture, not just production. (similarity 0.81)
- A single world capitalist unity replaces the three-world schema (similarity 0.80)
- Postmodern space is a real third expansion of global capitalism. (similarity 0.80)
- Post-1970s globalization is continuous with earlier colonial expansion (similarity 0.79)
- US financial-military hegemony structured the postwar Fordist world economy (similarity 0.78)
- Post-colonial states grew more differentiated and competitive, not more unified (similarity 0.78)
- Postcolonial Third World states grew more competitive and fragmented, not unified. (similarity 0.78)
- World War II resolved the Depression-era demand problem and launched American Fordist expansion (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Fordist-Keynesian capitalism expanded globally to absorb de-colonized nations
#expands(0.82) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 784 - The world forms one contradictory capitalist unity, not three separate worlds
#corroborates(0.75) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 163