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'The Passage from Imperialism to Empire': A Commentary on Empire by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri

'The Passage from Imperialism to Empire': A Commentary on Empire by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri Peter Green ‘The Passage from Imperialism to Empire’: A Commentary on Empire by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri The formation of capitalism, as Marx emphasised, went hand in hand with the creation of a world mar- ket. 1 Capital has always resisted conŽnement within national boundaries, and, in that sense at least, there is nothing new about globalisation. Yet it is a fallacy to leap from that truth to the conclusion that all we are witnessing today is simply an echo of the past, or just another phase in a long history of systemic cycles of internationalisation and national hegemony. As Hardt and Negri insist, in a digression criticising the work of Giovanni Arrighi, from this perspective, the history of capitalism ‘becomes the eternal return of the same’. 2 Historical Materialism , volume 10:1 (29–77) © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2002 1 Author ’s Note: the original draft of this article was completed shortly before September 11. If it had been written subsequently, this introduction would have been very different. Yet, as it captures a particular moment in the reception of the book, I have left it unchanged – but added a few comments on the relevance of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Historical Materialism Brill

'The Passage from Imperialism to Empire': A Commentary on Empire by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri

Green, Peter
Historical Materialism , Volume 10 (1): 29 – Jan 1, 2002
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© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1465-4466
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10.1163/156920602760231659
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Peter Green ‘The Passage from Imperialism to Empire’: A Commentary on Empire by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri The formation of capitalism, as Marx emphasised, went hand in hand with the creation of a world mar- ket. 1 Capital has always resisted conŽnement within national boundaries, and, in that sense at least, there is nothing new about globalisation. Yet it is a fallacy to leap from that truth to the conclusion that all we are witnessing today is simply an echo of the past, or just another phase in a long history of systemic cycles of internationalisation and national hegemony. As Hardt and Negri insist, in a digression criticising the work of Giovanni Arrighi, from this perspective, the history of capitalism ‘becomes the eternal return of the same’. 2 Historical Materialism , volume 10:1 (29–77) © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2002 1 Author ’s Note: the original draft of this article was completed shortly before September 11. If it had been written subsequently, this introduction would have been very different. Yet, as it captures a particular moment in the reception of the book, I have left it unchanged – but added a few comments on the relevance of

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