Long Reads: Immanuel Wallerstein's World-System w/ Gregory Williams

<p>When Immanuel Wallerstein died in 2019, he was one of the most influential thinkers about the crisis-ridden development of global capitalism. People who might never have read one of his books will still find themselves referring to the core and the periphery of the capitalist world-system.</p><br /><p>Gregory Williams joins Long Reads to take a deeper look today at Wallerstein’s life and work as a radical intellectual. Gregory is a professor of political science and international relations at Simmons University in Boston. He’s also the author of <em>Contesting the Global Order: The Radical Political Economy of Perry Anderson and Immanuel Wallerstein</em>.</p><br /><p>Read Gregory's piece for <em>Jacobin</em>, "Immanuel Wallerstein’s Work Can Help Us Understand the Deepening Crises of Capitalism" here: <a href="https://jacobin.com/2023/12/immanuel-wallerstein-world-systems-theory-development-cycles-capitalism-crisis-history" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://jacobin.com/2023/12/immanuel-wallerstein-world-systems-theory-development-cycles-capitalism-crisis-history</a></p><br /><p><em>Long Reads</em> is a <em>Jacobin</em> podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by features editor Daniel Finn. Produced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge.</p>