The enterprise and the empire in the face of the current crisis of hegemony. Reflections on the transformations of global capitalism
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Imperialism, Center-Periphery, Techno-economic Paradigms, Cognitive Capitalism, World-SystemAbstract
The current stage of capitalism at a global level can be defined as a crisis of hegemony, thanks to its successful diffusion throughout the vast majority of the world's territories. This global diffusion is closely linked to the imperialist processes initiated by the European powers at the end of the 19th century, allowing the expansion of the international market for industrial manufactures. At the beginning of the 21st century, a reconfiguration in economic relations is observed. Marked by the relocation of production within the framework of global value chains, processes of exclusion and inequality across countries are accentuated in a structural context of center and periphery that has not varied (at least substantially) since then. This crisis of hegemony poses two major challenges for the future: on the one hand, it manifests the growing incompatibility between the ruthless pursuit of individual economic benefits and Western democratic agendas; on the other hand, it highlights a logic of appropriation of life and bodies by capital that imposes new ethical limits on the accumulation process.
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