About the book: 2004 / Discussion presentation of the “pain points” of socio-political history and theory of the 20th century. A joint study of the French philosopher Etienne Balibar, student and successor of L. Althusser, and the author of the now classic work “The Modem World-System”, 1974-1988 (3 vols.)) by the American Immanuel Wallerstein.