Racial Capitalism and the Dialectics of Development: Exposing the Limits and Lies of International Economic Law
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.International economic law (IEL) overlooks racialized global economies, ignoring imperialism and racism. This study critiques IEL using a racial capitalist framework, revealing its Eurocentric biases and exclusion of Black histories.
Area Of Science
- Socio-legal studies
- Critical legal theory
- Global political economy
Background
- International economic law (IEL) claims universality but excludes racialized aspects of the global political economy.
- Scholarly discourse in IEL often ignores imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, slavery, predation, and racism.
Purpose Of The Study
- To offer a racial capitalist critique of international economic law.
- To analyze the Eurocentric and exclusionary episteme within IEL.
- To evaluate IEL's compatibility with a racial capitalism critique using the Black Radical Tradition.
Main Methods
- Drawing upon Walter Rodney's dialectics of development.
- Applying a racial capitalist theoretical framework.
- Utilizing the Black Radical Tradition for evaluation.
Main Results
- Identified ahistoricism, decontextualization, and externalization as key epistemic devices in IEL's exclusionary discourse.
- Demonstrated how IEL marginalizes the histories and epistemologies of Black peoples.
- Revealed the inherent biases within the disciplinary boundaries and logic of IEL.
Conclusions
- International economic law operates within a white, Eurocentric framework that systematically excludes racialized histories and experiences.
- A racial capitalist critique, informed by the Black Radical Tradition, is essential for a more inclusive and accurate understanding of global economic governance.
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