Talk:Immanuel Wallerstein

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Schumpeter and Karl Polanyi were quite important influences as well

a rewrite of this article should incorporate materials from his own self-analysis posted at http://www.yale.edu/sociology/faculty/pages/wallerstein/

also, this article has no citations for its claims

Immanuel Wallerstein will be featured, along with speakers Marnia Lazreg and Joseph Massad, in "Islam and the Modern Orientalist World-System," the 30th Conference of the Political Economy of the World-System (PEWS) Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA) at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. April 27 - 29, 2006. 

I'm a member of Macalester College's Middle Eastern Student Association and a volunteer for the Conference in April. This event will be very exciting, and a great opportunity to hear so many highly acclaimed academicians. DevinMcGevin 10:24, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

World system
This article should mention something about his world system theory: .--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 21:40, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree. DIY? Mgekelly - Talk 04:34, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I did link the term, but I know little abou the theory - somebody more familiar with it should expand the relevant sections.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 22:44, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Works
Is there a reason that all of the "works" listed are books? I think it would be appropriate to include his more influential articles as well. The one that comes to mind as being his most influential article (certainly more influential than many of the books listed) is "The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System: Concepts for Comparative Analysis," Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 16, No. 4. (Sep., 1974), pp. 387-415. www.jstor.org/stable/178015. --Lacarids (talk) 18:31, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

"intrinsic value"?
The following claim is problematic and needs to be elaborated on:

Natural resources, land, labor and human relationships are gradually being stripped of their "intrinsic" value

According to Marx, it is is clear that ‘value’ is not a natural property of things (Capital V1, 126 fn.7) but on the other, for people living in a commodity producing society, it appears as if things possess an "intrinsic value" (Ibid., 126, 989).

The Modern World-System vol. 5 and 6
I see that he is planning two more volumes (pretty ambitious for an 83 year old man). When does he plan to finish them? --Oddeivind (talk) 18:35, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Reporting as dead
Immanuel Wallerstein is currently noted as dead 2019-09-31 and while that may be true, it also seems to be based on fairly weak reports. wp:BLP is meant for us to err on the safe side.

The initial reference link was and if that is enough to spawn inclusion in Wikipedia, others "news makers" may then use that as a source for "better articles". So rather than replacing that source with a seemingly better one, we should revert and await a really trustworthy source. -- JAGulin (talk) 14:47, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
 * With time, the matter has been more widely reported. This request is closed. It's still vital to look out for unsourced information, however. This is realisticly true, but unlikely to come from the source. JAGulin (talk) 15:18, 4 September 2019 (UTC)


 * I notice that the Jewish categories are not supported by the article content, which is a WP:BLP violation. Hack (talk) 08:11, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * This is a separate topic. If you see BLP violations, feel free to edit the article based on that claim. If you see a lack of proper sources, you can add a note about it in the article. JAGulin (talk) 15:18, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Academic vs Professional Career
It's important to note that for a bit of his career, he taught at some institutions, I have added a section where we can see some of the institutions where he was a professor. I hope more people can add to this section as the structure is still a work in progress and it would be nice for experienced editors to fix the structure and distinguish where he taught and where he studied in. Jeo101614 (talk) 02:21, 5 October 2023 (UTC)