Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

Neil Davidson (1957-2020) I recommend: Is social revolution still possible in the twenty-first century? Neoliberalism as a Class-Based Project

Book review Global Capitalism, Global War, Global Crisis

In late nineteenth-century  " [i]n the Muslim world, the Islamic  burkah , the full body covering of Muslim women, was growing in popularity. Often wrongly regarded as a mark of medieval obscurantism, the burkah was actually a modern dress that allowed women to come out of the seclusion of their homes and participate to a limited degree in public and commercial affairs. Even in this insistence on tradition, therefore, one glimpses the mark of growing global convergence." Uneven and Combined Development (Part 1)