Capitalism As Civilisation Tzouvala Ntina
Capitalism As Civilisation Tzouvala Ntina Methodologically and theoretically innovative, this monograph draws from Marxism and deconstruction bringing together the textual and the material in our…
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Capitalism As Civilisation Tzouvala Ntina
Methodologically and theoretically innovative, this monograph draws from Marxism and deconstruction bringing together the textual and the material in our understanding of international law. 'Civilisation' is shown to oscillate between two poles. Approaching 'civilisation' as an argumentative pattern related to the distribution of rights and duties amongst different communities, Tzouvala illustrates both its contradictory nature and its pro-capitalist bias.
On the other, an insistent 'logic of improvement' constantly postpones and engages such a prospect based on ideas of immutable difference. On the one hand, a pervasive 'logic of improvement' anchors legal equality to demands that non-Western polities undertake extensive domestic reforms and embrace capitalist modernity. By detailing the tension and synergies between these two logics, Tzouvala argues that international law incorporates