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Alex Callinicos

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Alexander Theodore Callinicos, born in 1950 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, is a British Marxist political theorist and activist and an adherent of Trotskyism. He served on the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party and as its International Secretary, and edited the party's theoretical journal International Socialism from 2009 to 2020. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1950 1
Subfield
Political Theory 2
Connections

Associated With

University of Oxford, Institutions and Social Structures
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Practices Studied

Capitalism, Institutions and Social Structures
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Shaped By

Classical Marxism, Social Theory and Concepts
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Nationality

United Kingdom

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Sources
1. Wikidata: Alex Callinicos
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2. Alex Callinicos (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Alexander Theodore Callinicos (born 24 July 1950) is a British Marxist political theorist and activist, born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
  • Lead, subfield political-theory
    Alexander Theodore Callinicos (born 24 July 1950) is a British Marxist political theorist and activist, born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
  • Associated With: University of Oxford, Article text
    He became involved in revolutionary politics as a student at Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied for a BA and came to know Christopher Hitchens, then himself active in the International Socialists (the SWP's forerunner).
  • Practices Studied: Capitalism, Article text
    Callinicos was a critic of the humanitarian interventions in Bosnia and Kosovo, arguing that they were conducted solely to promote the global capitalist expansion.
  • Shaped By: Classical Marxism, Lead, Classical Marxism
    Alexander Theodore Callinicos (born 24 July 1950) is a British Marxist political theorist and activist, born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
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