Socialism and nationalism in the third world in the age of third worldism

2017-12
Doğan, Erkan
This article investigates the relationship between socialism and nationalism with a special emphasis on its Third Worldist variant. The Third Worldist orthodoxy of the postcolonial age blurred the boundaries between nationalism and socialism, with Third Worldist nationalism being an expression of resentment directed against imperialism and the uneven development produced by capitalism. Socialism was understood within this Third Worldist moment in terms of a nation’s political and economic liberation from foreign imperialist powers and their internal collaborators. Socialism was seen as something which would make nations politically and economically independent and developed.

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Citation Formats
E. Doğan, “Socialism and nationalism in the third world in the age of third worldism,” ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 281–300, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: http://www2.feas.metu.edu.tr/metusd/ojs/index.php/metusd/article/view/947.