Comments on: Transformations of the world

Transformations of the world

Abiezer — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:08:49 -0800

Giovanni Arrighi, the renowned authority in the fields of world systems analysis and historical sociology, died earlier this month. A retrospective interview on his intellectual trajectory was published in the March/April 2009 issue of New Left Review. A major international conference was held in his honour in late May in Madrid, featuring several top scholars in an exploration of the insights of Arrighi's work.

By: twoleftfeet

twoleftfeet — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:00:18 -0800

Ahorita estoy en Mexico y por eso no quiero decir cosas malditas de su ultima referencia. But, man... give us English-speakers a break!

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:30:08 -0800

What a fascinating man. I wasn't aware of Arrighi's work before this. Thanks.

By: Abiezer

Abiezer — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:15:26 -0800

I missed this obit at Counterpunch from someone who studied under Arrighi, and forgot to do a previously to a video I posted of Arrighi on a panel discussing his Adam Smith in Beijing (four chapters of which can be downloaded at the second link in the main post).

By: RogerB

RogerB — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:10:35 -0800

Great post. I'm especially glad to see that NLR has taken that excellent interview with David Harvey from behind their subscribers-only paywall – it's such a fitting memorial.

By: palimpsest

palimpsest — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:29:07 -0800

I just heard the news of his death yesterday. I've not read much of his work -- just a few journal articles -- but found it very compelling. Thanks for the post, I'm very much looking forward to the interview by Harvey.

By: Abiezer

Abiezer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:07:12 -0800

Another obituary Internationalist par excellence