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“Marxist approach to the study of international relations has lost its relevance in the post-cold war era.” Comment.

  • UPSC 2021
  • 10 marks
  • Approaches to the Study of International Relations

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The claim belongs to the triumphalism of 1989–91, when Francis Fukuyama's "end of history" thesis read the Soviet collapse as the final victory of liberal capitalism. It holds that a theory reading world politics through class and capital was buried with the states built in its name. The verdict is half right: Marxism lost its…

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