Immanuel Wallerstein

World-systems analysis demystifies the myths of development.

The 21st century will see the terminal crisis of capitalism.

Education reproduces inequality unless it challenges the system.

The interstate system is the political side of the world-economy.

Social science must be comparative and historical.

The bifurcation of the world into zones is intensifying.

Personal fulfillment is limited by systemic structures.

The Wallersteinian view sees history as a single unit.

We need to invent a new kind of knowledge for a new world.

Imperialism is the external face of capitalism.

The crisis is not economic alone, but civilizational.

Youth movements are the vanguard of change.

The world-system is in transition to something unknown.

Life's meaning lies in the struggle against injustice.

Humor in sociology: the system's absurdities are its own jokes.

Art reflects the contradictions of the world-system.

My last words: The system ends, but humanity endures.

Professional insight: Sociology without world-systems is blind.

Reflection: In old age, I see the cycles clearly.

Witty remark: Capitalism's profit motive is its Achilles' heel.