Immanuel Wallerstein
6 books
About the Author
Immanuel Wallerstein (1930–2019) was a pioneering American sociologist, historical social scientist, and world-systems theorist whose groundbreaking work reshaped our understanding of global capitalism and historical processes. Educated at Columbia University, he spent much of his career at institutions like McGill and Binghamton Universities, where he developed the influential world-systems analysis framework. This approach views the modern world as a single, interconnected capitalist economy divided into core, semi-peripheral, and peripheral zones, challenging traditional Eurocentric narratives of development. Wallerstein's seminal contributions, including his multi-volume Modern World-System series, explore the evolution of this system from the 16th century onward, emphasizing long-term structural dynamics over short-term events. His interdisciplinary scholarship continues to inspire scholars in sociology, history, economics, and political science, offering critical insights into inequality, imperialism, and globalization in the contemporary era.
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Books by Immanuel Wallerstein
