The fifth International: international or global?

The fifth International: international or global?

This short piece questions Samir Amin's interpretation of what he meant by the International. In envisaging a fifth International, Amin tends to rely on a collection of inter-connected self-determined sovereign entities that resembles more of a traditional understanding of internationalism and...

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Published in:Globalizations Vol. 16; no. 7; pp. 1062 - 1068
Main Author: Worth, Owen
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Abingdon Routledge 10-11-2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Falls
Internationalism
left nationalism
Nationalism
Rosa Luxemburg
Transnationalism
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Summary:This short piece questions Samir Amin's interpretation of what he meant by the International. In envisaging a fifth International, Amin tends to rely on a collection of inter-connected self-determined sovereign entities that resembles more of a traditional understanding of internationalism and less of the transnational global expression developed at the World Social Forums. This suggests that such an approach falls into the same problems that Rosa Luxemburg illustrated during the Second International where she outlined the dangers of what we might refer to today as 'left nationalism'.
ISSN:1474-7731
1474-774X
DOI:10.1080/14747731.2019.1654679