cities of the global south reader sparknotes

In his now classic work Global Rift, L.S. From July 1954 onward the colonial peoples have been asking themselves: “What must we do to achieve a Dien Bien Phu? How should we go about it?” A Dien Bien Phu was now within reach of every colonized subject. The great victory of the Vietnamese people at Dien Bien Phu is no longer strictly speaking a Vietnamese victory. The discussion below devotes significant space to understanding not only the emergence of the term Third World, but especially the central role played by processes of capitalist expansion to conceptualizing both Third World and Global South, albeit in different ways and at different historical junctures. I argue that the idea of Global South could not have emerged without taking seriously the conceptual work done by the term Third World, and indeed without the legacy left by Third Worldism and its historical landmarks. It must be emphasized, however, that the term Global South cannot be considered separately from that of the Third World. Stavrianos and Vijay Prashad, among others. To do so, I will be drawing on the work of several Marxist intellectuals, such as L.S. I will attempt to elucidate here the meaning and histories of both terms, and the connections and ruptures between them. There have been many debates in the last few decades regarding its usefulness, both analytical and historical, but especially its connection to another equally debated term, ‘Third World.’ In the midst of these debates, however, there has appeared a loose consensus around their meaning and their linkages. The term ‘Global South’ is not an uncontroversial one.

Cities of the global south reader sparknotes