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Book SynopsisCataclysm 1914 brings together leftist scholars from a variety of fields to explore the many different aspects of the origins, trajectories and consequences of the First World War. The collection seeks to visualise the conflict and all its immediate consequences (such as the Bolshevik Revolution and ascendency of US hegemony) as a defining moment in 20th century world politics, rupturing and reconstituting the 'modern' epoch in its many instantiations. Appeals to general readers and those focused on Marxian theory and strategy and leftist histories of the war.
Trade ReviewPraise for Anievas’ previous work: How the West Came to Rule: The Geopolitical Origins of Capitalism "A fascinating tour de force that will surely be debated in the fields of history, sociology, Marxism and International Relations for years to come" Justin Rosenberg, Professor in International Relations at the University of Sussex "This rigorously argued book presents a compelling challenge to standard narratives of capitalist modernity. The authors combine theoretical sophistication and a wide-ranging account of extra-European histories to provide a superb - and provocative - alternative" Gurminder K Bhambra, author of Connected Sociologies (Bloomsbury) Marxism and World Politics "Easily the best introduction to the diversity and richness of contemporary Marxist theory in International Relations and an important resource for anyone seeking to make sense of the relations between capitalism and geopolitics today." Mark Laffey, SOAS, University of London, UK
Praise for Anievas’ previous work: How the West Came to Rule: The Geopolitical Origins of Capitalism "A fascinating tour de force that will surely be debated in the fields of history, sociology, Marxism and International Relations for years to come" —Justin Rosenberg, Professor in International Relations at the University of Sussex "This rigorously argued book presents a compelling challenge to standard narratives of capitalist modernity. The authors combine theoretical sophistication and a wide-ranging account of extra-European histories to provide a superb - and provocative - alternative" —Gurminder K Bhambra, author of Connected Sociologies (Bloomsbury) Marxism and World Politics "Easily the best introduction to the diversity and richness of contemporary Marxist theory in International Relations and an important resource for anyone seeking to make sense of the relations between capitalism and geopolitics today." —Mark Laffey, SOAS, University of London, UK
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments About the Authors Alexander Anievas – The First World War and the Making of Modern World Politics1 PART I. 'KLADDERADATSCH!: CAPITALISM, EMPIRE, AND IMPERIALISM IN THE MAKING AND AFTERMATH OF WORLD WAR I 1. Geoff Eley – Germany, the Fischer Controversy, and the Context of War: Rethinking German Imperialism, 1880–19141 2. Shelley Baranowski – War, Defeat, and the Urgency of Lebensraum: German Imperialism from the Second Empire to the Third Reich 3. Adam Tooze – Capitalist Peace or Capitalist War? The July Crisis Revisited 4. Alexander Anievas – Marxist Theory and the Origins of the First World 5. Wendy Matsumura – The Expansion of the Japanese Empire and the Rise of the Global Agrarian Question after the First World War 6. Sandra Halperin – War and Social Revolution: World War I and the 'Great Transformation' PART II: RECONFIGURATIONS: REVOLUTION AND CULTURE AFTER 1914 7. Enzo Traverso – European Intellectuals and the First World War: Trauma and New Cleavages 8. Esther Leslie – Art after War: Experience, Poverty and the Crystal Utopia 9. Alberto Toscano – ‘America’s Belgium’: W.E.B. Du Bois on Race, Class, and the Origins of World War I 10. Domenico Losurdo – World War I, the October Revolution and Marxism’s Reception in the West and East 11. Peter Thomas – Uneven Developments, Combined: The First World War and Marxist Theories of Revolution 12. Neil Davidson – The First World War, Classical Marxism and the End of the Bourgeois Revolution in Europe 13. Lars T. Lih – ‘The New Era of War and Revolution’: Lenin, Kautsky, Hegel and the Outbreak of World War I Bibliography Index
