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This article presents theoretical and methodological insights of world-systems analysis via the works of Samir Amin and his major interlocuteurs. It is argued that Samir Amin was central to sparking the study of world historical analysis, and offered unique contributions to the discussions that emerged. It is demonstrated that this is due to Samir Amin’s ability to balance structure, specificity, and historical contingency, as well as his enduring commitment to human liberation.

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  • This journal is published by the University Library System, University of Pittsburgh as part of its D-Scribe Digital Publishing Program and is cosponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Press

  • I argue that the oeuvre of Samir Amin cannot be discussed in isolation, or without interfacing his contributions with those of his major interlocutors

  • As I show here, his thinking sparked and informed much of what would come to be known as world-systems/world historical analysis

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This journal is published by the University Library System, University of Pittsburgh as part of its D-Scribe Digital Publishing Program and is cosponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Responding to modernization theory of 1950s mainstream economics, intellectuals, mainly of Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, asserted that varying levels of development in countries of the world were a product of historical, sociopolitical processes.

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