Immanuel Wallerstein
Immanuel Wallerstein · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Founder of world-systems theory
1930, New York City, United States — 2019, Branford, Connecticut, United States
United States
Immanuel Wallerstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Founder of world-systems theory
Immanuel Wallerstein was an American sociologist and historical social scientist, born to a Jewish family in New York, who founded world-systems analysis, framing the modern world as a single capitalist economy divided into core, periphery and semi-periphery. He taught at Columbia and Binghamton universities and directed the Fernand Braudel Center.
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Founder of world-systems theory
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Sociology
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