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1、MarxandInternationalismbyJohnBellamyFosterItisnotuncommonwithinsocialsciencetodaytoacknowledgethatKarlMarxwasoneofthefirstanalystsofglobalization.Butwhatisusuallyforgotten,evenbythosewhomakethisacknowledgment,isthatMarxwasalsooneofthefirststrategistsofworking-classinternati
2、onalism,designedtorespondtocapitalistglobalization.Thetwomajorelementsgoverningsuchinternationalism,inhisanalysis,werethecritiqueofinternationalexploitationandthedevelopmentofaworking-classmovementthatwasbothnationalandinternationalinitsorganization.AscrutinyofMarx'sviewsat
3、thetimeoftheFirstInternationaloffersusefulinsightsintothestruggletoforgeanewinternationalisminourownday.TheFirstConditionofInternationalismIthasoftenbeenassumedthatMarxbelievedthatcapitalism'scolonialpenetrationoftheglobalperipheryoperatedasapurelyprogressiveforce,whichwoul
4、dresultineconomicandsocialdevelopmentinthesecountriesalonglinesalreadypioneeredbythecountriesatthecenterofthecapitalistworldsystem.Thereisnodoubtthatheconcludedthatsocialformationsincertainpartsoftheworldhadtakenonstagnantformsthatblockedfurtherdevelopment-oneofthemainimpli
5、cationsofhisconlceptofthe"Asiaticmodeofproduction."TheexternalpenetraJohnBellamyFosterisanActingEditorofMonthlyReVIew.HismostrecentbookisMarx'sEcology:MaterzalzsmandNature(NewYork:MonthlyReviewPress,2000).11Copyright?2000AllRightsReserved12MONTHLYREVIEW/JULY-AUGUST2000tiono
6、fcapitalismintosuchcountriescouldthereforeservetobreakthisstagnationandtoprovidetheinitialmaterialprerequisitesforawiderdevelopment.But,althoughthisthemewasrepeatedlyintroducedinhisearlydiscussionsofeconomicandsocial"backwardness,"hedidnottherebydownplaytheterriblehistoryof
7、capitalistexploitationofthesesocietiesorthenecessityforsocialrevoltbyindigenouspopulations.Rather,Marx-withhisusualdialecticalimagination-notonlycondemnedcolonialismfromthestandpointofthosewhosufferedfromit,butalsodrewonHegel's"cunningofreason"toarguethatsuchcapitalistpenet
8、rationwasprovidingthebarematerialpreconditions,which,whencoupledwithsocialrevoluti