The case for a foundational materialism: going beyond historical materialist IPE in order to strengthen it
- Content Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Journal of International Relations and Development
- Volume
- 14
- Issue Number
- 3
- Publication Date
- July 2011
- Institution
- Central and East European International Studies Association
- Abstract
- In recent years, historical materialist International Political Economy (IPE) has been criticised frequently for a worldview that, it is claimed, emphasises in principle the inherently open-ended and contingent nature of societal evolution, but in practice adheres to a deterministic outlook. This, for (especially constructivist and post-structuralist) critics, is the case in even neo-Gramscian contributions, which explicitly discuss the role of ideas and culture as well as class conflict rooted in capitalist production relations.
- Topic
- Political Economy