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In this paper I will analyze geopolitical factors and systemic contradictions that contribute to the creation of imperialist practices. I will explain the concept of imperialism and the interweaving, as noted by David Harvey, of territorial logics and the molecular processes of capital, which points to the continued key role of the nation- state in the reproduction of the capitalist system. I will explain the multiple importance of imperialism, which is simultaneously a means of profitable realization, subjugation, systemic reparation, etc. Such a position requires re-examination of the role of the national state, its transformation and power relations within it, which opposes the views of its insignificance in the age of globalism. I will point out two conditions that generate the impotence of autonomous politics and its de-substantialization: the sub-political power of global capital, which is transformed into political influence through various mechanisms; the limitation and transcen-dence of the understanding of politics within the “methodological nationalism” that exists with the insistence on globalization. Finally, the paper touches on the responsibility and limitations of left-wing policies and their capitulation to the forces of capital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I will explicate neoliberal contribution to human suffering of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. I will give an explanation about connections of modernisation process with social uncertanities and creation of world risk society. I will connect neoliberal capitalist paradigm with basic mechanisms of social uncertanity, showing the modes which contribute to interests of global capital. Exploatation of risk and profiting on human tragedies are one of the ways of capital reproduction, and I will connect that with political and economic practices during the COVID-19 crisis. Above all, I want to show how the commercialization of society neglects basic human welfare and that the domination of ideology of globalism doesn’t have any intentions to make global society more stable place, because it doesn’t know any efficient, on collective wellbeing directed, mechanisms of leading global processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I talk about capitalist (neo)imperialism and its immanent connection with the basic social aspects of the (neo)liberal order. Starting from the ideas of David Harvey, I want to prove the connection of capitalism and its basic principles with the oligarchization of society and the imperialist practices that arise from such developments. I give a historical account of the origin and development of capitalist imperialism. I pay special attention to neoliberalism and the way it was formed, which is connected with the interests of the narrow strata. This necessarily entails a discussion of the role of the state and the real center of political decision-making. The central part of the paper, therefore, is focused on the analysis of the real social forces and the presentation of facts that support the thesis that the narrow economic elite is the real decision maker in the modern (neo)liberal capitalist society. By defining the narrow economic layer and giving the basic mechanisms of its reproduction, consolidation and ways of its solidarity, I explain the basic procedures that the political forces have undergone. I supplement the above stated with an explication of the ideological mechanisms of producing consent and legitimation of foreign imperialist operations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]