Jeremy Adelman

 

The Capitalist Era


What does it mean for distant peoples to need each other without knowing each other, for "us" to need "them," and vice versa? Since Adam Smith, interdependence between strangers has been the source of opportunism, utopianism, and unspeakable atrocity. This lecture, looking especially at controversies since the 1970s, puts the fevered debates about globalisation of our times into historical perspective — and asks what we can learn from disputes past to create better arguments for the future.

Jeremy Adelman is Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Emeritus at Princeton University.

 

This seminar will take place on Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 12:00pm EDT in the
Lee Gathering Room (S-030), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street AND by Zoom.
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