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How the West Came to Rule

by Andreas Bieler on May 18, 2016

How the West Came to Rule

Andreas Bieler | May 18, 2016

Tags: Eurocentrism Marxism
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Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Marxism Reading Group at Nottingham

This semester, the Marxism Reading Group of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham will celebrate its 10th anniversary. In this blog post, I will briefly outline the main purpose and achievements of the group over the years. Moreover, I will provide information about our anniversary workshop on the book How The West Came To Rule: The Geopolitical Origins of Capitalism.

Celebrating the Anniversary

WestTo mark the 10th anniversary of the Marxism Reading Group, an ‘Authors meet Critics’ Workshop on the recent book HowThe West Came To Rule by Alexander Anievas and Kerem Nişancioğlu will take place at the University of Nottingham on 7 June, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The two authors will introduce the main argument of their book, followed by four current members of the reading group providing critical interventions and reflections. The authors will then have the chance to reply, before the discussion is opened up to the floor.

Attending the workshop is free of charge. Everyone from within academia and the wider public is welcome!

Providing space for Marxist scholarship

At times, when it has become increasingly difficult to engage in academic activities, which do not directly result in research grant applications and/or publications, the Marxism Reading Group has provided an environment characterised by a flat hierarchy, providing everybody with space to make their voice heard on an equal basis. Consisting of PhD students and staff members associated with CSSGJ, the emphasis of the group has been on reading and discussing collectively key Marxist texts, classics and modern. In turn, this has helped members to develop further their own thinking on contemporary change and was, thus, translated back into various individual research projects.

Since 2006, over 30 books have been read including Karl Marx, Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Vol.1; Nicos Poulantzas, State, Power, Socialism; David Harvey, The Limits to Capital; and Maria Mies (1986/2014) Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale: Women in the International Division of Labour. Currently, the group is reading The Global Development Crisis by Ben Selwyn.

Key achievements

LuxemburgThe main achievement of the group has thus far been the collectively written article ‘The Enduring Relevance of Rosa Luxemburg’s The Accumulation of Capital’, on Rosa Luxemburg’s classic book, which published in the Journal for International Relations and Development in 2014. A jointly written blog post on The Next Revolution: Popular Assemblies and the Promise of Direct Democracy by Murray Bookchin followed in 2015.

Overall, however, the main focus has always been on providing space for critical exchange and dialogue. As a colleague of mine recently remarked, with all the hype about impact on policy-making, we should not overlook the crucial importance of training the next generation of Marxist scholars.

Considering all the former members, who are now in academic posts and community organising around the world and have sent their greetings to the anniversary, it is hoped that the Marxism Reading Group has contributed to this task.

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This post also appeared on Trade Unions and Global Restructuring (16 May 2016).

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Author: Andreas Bieler

Andreas Bieler is Professor of Political Economy in the School of Politics and International Relations and Director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is author of Global Capitalism, Global War, Global Crisis (together with Adam David Morton) (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and Fighting for Water: Resisting Privatization in Europe (Zed Books/Bloomsbury, 2021).

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