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| - | [[Image:Rogier van der Weyden 001.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Detail from the [[The Last Judgment (Rogier van der Weyden) |Last Judgment]] (c. [[1445]]–[[1450]]) by [[Rogier van der Weyden]]]] | + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |
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| + | "The certainties of the post-1945 era are now over, in particular two. (1) The United States dominated the capitalist world-economy, being the most efficient. This is no longer true. (2) The USA and the USSR were engaged in an all-encompassing '[[Cold War]],'which shaped all interstate relations. The Cold War is no more. Indeed, the [[USSR]] is no more. To understand what this portends, we have three relevant pasts: the past of the US hegemonic era, 1945-90; the past of liberalism as the dominant ideology of the capitalist [[world-system]], 1789-1989; the past of [[capitalism]] as an historical system, which started in [[1450]] and will perhaps be no more by 2050."" --incipit | ||
| + | "[[The World-System after the Cold War]]" (1993) by Immanuel Wallerstein | ||
| + | |}[[Image:Rogier van der Weyden 001.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Detail from the [[The Last Judgment (Rogier van der Weyden) |Last Judgment]] (c. [[1445]]–[[1450]]) by [[Rogier van der Weyden]]]] | ||
| [[Image:Fouquet Madonna.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels]]'' (detail, c. [[1450]]) [[Jean Fouquet]]]] | [[Image:Fouquet Madonna.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels]]'' (detail, c. [[1450]]) [[Jean Fouquet]]]] | ||
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"The certainties of the post-1945 era are now over, in particular two. (1) The United States dominated the capitalist world-economy, being the most efficient. This is no longer true. (2) The USA and the USSR were engaged in an all-encompassing 'Cold War,'which shaped all interstate relations. The Cold War is no more. Indeed, the USSR is no more. To understand what this portends, we have three relevant pasts: the past of the US hegemonic era, 1945-90; the past of liberalism as the dominant ideology of the capitalist world-system, 1789-1989; the past of capitalism as an historical system, which started in 1450 and will perhaps be no more by 2050."" --incipit "The World-System after the Cold War" (1993) by Immanuel Wallerstein |
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