Re: "rise of china" and wst

3/1/2001, Krishnendu Ray wrote:
>But let me first quote Wallerstein: "World-systems analysis... is not a theory 
>but a protest against neglected issues and deceptive epitemologies." Central 
>to his epistemological critique is his call to "unthink" the 19th.c. 
>foundations of the social sciences = the nation-state as the unit of analysis.

Fair enough, but beware the 'pendulum phenomenon'.  That is, we all have a 
tendency, when rejecting the 'old', to swing the pendulum too far the other way.

If the purpose of this list is _only to pursue world-system analysis, then we 
should keep our blinders on.  If on the other hand we want to _supplement other 
analytical frameworks with w-s analysis, then that is another matter.

rkm