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1、EXCHANGE51RediscoveringtheHistoryofImperialismTheory:AReplyJOHNBELLAMYFOSTERTheResearchUnitforPoliticalEconomy’s(RUPE’s)briefhistoricalaccounthereoftheoriginsoftheMarxisttheoryofimperialismcon-stitutesacrucialcorrectivetocommonerrorsregardingthathistor
2、y.Inmyarticle,“TheImperialistWorldSystem:PaulBaran’sPoliticalEconomyofGrowthAfterFiftyYears”(MonthlyReview,May2007),IbeganbypointingoutthatBaran’sbookwasanoutgrowthofclassicalMarxistthought—theideasofMarx,Lenin,andLuxemburg.Atthesametimeitrepresentedas
3、harpdeparturefromtherigidorthodoxyoflineardevelopmentthathadcometocharacterizesomuchofso-cialist(aswellasbourgeois)thought—oftenpresentedintermsofHorace’sphrase,quotedbyMarx,“thetaleistoldofyou.”Baran’streatmentoftheimperialistworldsystemwasastartlingc
4、ontributionatthetimethathisbookappeared,challengingtheconventionalas-sumptionsofboththerightandanincreasinglycalcifiedleft.Yet,asRUPEsoclearlydemonstrates,Baran’sargumentcanbeseenashavingevolvedoutofearliercritiquesofimperialismflowingoutoftheRussianRe
5、volution,theComintern,andtheChineseRevolution.LeninandcertainvoicesintheCominterninthe1920sarticulatedmanyofthesamethesesthatBaranandthosewithinthebroadcur-rentofdependencytheoryweretopropoundinthe1950sand’60s.1Buttheseearlycontributionsoccurredinrelat
6、iontowhatStavrianosinGlobalRiftwastocall“TheFirstGlobalRevolutionaryWave”intheopeningdecadesofthetwentiethcenturyandpriorto“TheSecondGlobalRevolutionaryWave”unleashedbytheSecondWorldWar.2DevelopinghisideasintheageoftheColdWar,neocolonialism,andthenewly
7、mintedbourgeoiseconomicdevelopmenttheory,andre-spondingtotheChineserevolution,BarangavetheMarxistcritiqueofimperialismamorematureform.Drawingoninsightsfromearlyso-cialistplanning,hedemonstratedthatthekeystrategic-economicis-suewastheextenttowhichasocie
8、tywasabletomobilizeitseco-nomicsurplus(bothactualandpotential)foritsownends.52MONTHLYREVIEW/DECEMBER2007RUPErightlypointsoutthatBaranwasstronglyinfluencedbyMao’scritiqueofimperialism—apointthatIhadoverlookedinmyar-ticle.ThusBaranquotedM
