The conjucture of the first few decades of the twenty-first century witnessed Alex Callinicos usefully mapping the contours of imperialism as set out in his pivotal book Imperialism and Global Political Economy. As somewhat of a successor text, this is now accompanied by The New Age of [...]
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My "novel" reading in 2023 focusing on the monstrosity of capitalism and the monster-stories in the making of capital, combining political economy and literary theory.
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For our last Political Economy seminar in 2023, three recent doctoral graduates will illuminate the diverse applications and insights offered by a political economy approach. From Latin America to East Asia, via Sydney, these three papers will explore the intersections of political economy [...]
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As part of the 2023 Festival of Urbanism at the City Road Podcast organised by Dallas Rogers, Adam David Morton talks with Mark Steven in the podcast, below, about his new book, Class War: A Literary History.
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This is to announce that the Past & Present Reading Group will be meeting to discuss, on a weekly basis, our next text which is: Aileen Moreton-Robinson, The White Possessive: Property, Power and Indigenous Sovereignty (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015).
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If you are interested in joining this panel, please send through your proposed abstract (maximum 200 words), title (maximum 50 words) and three keywords to Alejandro Colás (A.Colas@bbk.ac.uk) or Adam David Morton (Adam.Morton@sydney.edu.au) by 11:59pm 28 May (AET).
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In what is an important reflection on the political stakes for wider Marxist Feminist theory, Cinzia Arruzza has counselled against the fashionable conflation of racial and patriarchy oppressions within capitalism. Asserting the intersectionality of race, gender, and class is simply not enough [...]
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A focus on internal relations without reference to dialectics. Hubris on the role of norm entrepreneurs without recourse to organic intellectuals. Theorising on the state without encountering capitalist state debate. This is how mainstream theorising in political science and International [...]
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