Da Genova a Detroit a Pechino. Geografie economiche della globalizzazione

China is an exceptional space under many aspects and proposes very thorny problems about current conditions of globalization, markets and capitalism. In the large literature on China of the last decades a particular space is occupied by Giovanni Arrighi and his Systemic Cycles of Accumulation, an or...

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Main Author: Francesco Dini
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Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2020-06-01
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description China is an exceptional space under many aspects and proposes very thorny problems about current conditions of globalization, markets and capitalism. In the large literature on China of the last decades a particular space is occupied by Giovanni Arrighi and his Systemic Cycles of Accumulation, an organic theory of capitalism, but also a theory of hegemonic transitions. Arrighi presented this theory in his work The Long Twentieth Century (1994), which discussed the exhaustion of the US systemic cycle, but did not identify China as the emerging power. This would happen only thirteen years later, with his other work Adam Smith in Beijing. The article discusses this strange case of presbyopia, curious if we consider the conceptual depth and analytical accuracy of Arrighi. Moreover, starting from the Chinese case, it discusses the theory of Systemic Cycles of Accumulation, as it can contribute to a geographical reading of contemporary world economy and politics.
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spelling doaj-art-089c35e59a7c4bc2853550eca0dc31f02025-08-20T03:58:10ZengFirenze University PressBollettino della Società Geografica Italiana1121-78202020-06-012210.13128/bsgi.v2i2.977Da Genova a Detroit a Pechino. Geografie economiche della globalizzazioneFrancesco Dini0Dipartimento di Scienze per l’Economia e l’Impresa, Università degli Studi di Firenze, ItaliaChina is an exceptional space under many aspects and proposes very thorny problems about current conditions of globalization, markets and capitalism. In the large literature on China of the last decades a particular space is occupied by Giovanni Arrighi and his Systemic Cycles of Accumulation, an organic theory of capitalism, but also a theory of hegemonic transitions. Arrighi presented this theory in his work The Long Twentieth Century (1994), which discussed the exhaustion of the US systemic cycle, but did not identify China as the emerging power. This would happen only thirteen years later, with his other work Adam Smith in Beijing. The article discusses this strange case of presbyopia, curious if we consider the conceptual depth and analytical accuracy of Arrighi. Moreover, starting from the Chinese case, it discusses the theory of Systemic Cycles of Accumulation, as it can contribute to a geographical reading of contemporary world economy and politics.https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/bsgi/article/view/977ArrighicyclesaccumulationChina
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Da Genova a Detroit a Pechino. Geografie economiche della globalizzazione
Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana
Arrighi
cycles
accumulation
China
title Da Genova a Detroit a Pechino. Geografie economiche della globalizzazione
title_full Da Genova a Detroit a Pechino. Geografie economiche della globalizzazione
title_fullStr Da Genova a Detroit a Pechino. Geografie economiche della globalizzazione
title_full_unstemmed Da Genova a Detroit a Pechino. Geografie economiche della globalizzazione
title_short Da Genova a Detroit a Pechino. Geografie economiche della globalizzazione
title_sort da genova a detroit a pechino geografie economiche della globalizzazione
topic Arrighi
cycles
accumulation
China
url https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/bsgi/article/view/977
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