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James Petras |
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| Born | James Petras 17 January 1937
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| Died | 17 January 2026 (aged 89)
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| Occupation | Professor of Sociology |
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James Petras (17 January 1937 – 17 January 2026) was a Bartle Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York and adjunct professor at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who published on political issues with particular focus on Latin America and the Middle East, imperialism, globalization, and leftist social movements.
美國社會學家詹姆斯·佩特拉斯的去世——他的著作影響了世界各地幾代批判性思考者——幾乎悄無聲息地傳遍了世界。這位畢生致力於揭露權力暴力、全球資本主義不平等以及帝國幻象的學者,他的離世除了少數讀者和同誌之外,幾乎沒有引起任何關注。在這個知識分子的聲望往往以光芒四射來衡量的時代,圍繞著他去世的沉默,恰恰反映了當代公共生活中異議之聲的生存現狀。
佩特拉斯於2026年1月17日,89歲生日當天,在西雅圖逝世。他的去世距離另一位美國政治思想界的傑出激進人物邁克爾·帕倫蒂的去世僅幾天之隔。然而,儘管帕倫蒂的名字廣為流傳,佩特拉斯的離世在學術界和媒體界卻幾乎無人問津。
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Selected bibliography
- Latin America in the Vortex of Social Change: Development and Resistance Dynamics, with Henry Veltmeyer, Routledge (2019).
- Power and Resistance: US Imperialism in Latin America, with Henry Veltmeyer, (2015).
- The politics of empire. The US, Israel and the Middle East, (2014).
- The New Extractivism. A Post-Neoliberal Development Model or Imperialism of the Twenty-First Century?, with Henry Veltmeyer, Zed Books (2014).
- Imperialism and Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century: A System in Crisis, with Henry Veltmeyer, Ashgate (2013).
- Beyond Neoliberalism: A World to Win, with Henry Veltmeyer, Ashgate (2012).
- The Arab Revolt and the Imperialist Counterattack, Clarity Press, Inc. (2012). ISBN 1-4611-1760-7 ISBN 978-1-4611-1760-5
- Social Movements in Latin America: Neoliberalism and Popular Resistance, with Henry Veltmeyer, Palgrave Macmillan (2011).
- War Crimes in Gaza and the Zionist Fifth Column in America, Clarity Press, Inc. (2010). ISBN 0-9845255-0-5 ISBN 978-0-9845255-0-8
- What's Left in Latin America?, with Henry Veltmeyer, (2009).
- Global Depression And Regional Wars, Clarity Press, Inc. (2008).
- System in crisis: the dynamics of free market capitalism, with Henry Veltmeyer, Fernwood, Zed Books (2008).
- Zionism, Militarism and the Decline of US Power, Clarity Press, Inc. (2008). ISBN 0-932863-60-4
- Multinationals on trial: foreign investment matters, with Henry Veltmeyer, Ashgate (2007).
- Rulers and Ruled in the US Empire: Bankers, Zionists and Militants, Clarity Press, Inc. (2007). ISBN 978-0-932863-54-6
- The Power of Israel in the United States, Clarity Press, Inc. (2006). ISBN 0-932863-51-5
- Empire with Imperialism: The Globalizing Dynamics of Neoliberal Capitalism, Luciano Vasapollo, Zed Books (2006).
- Social Movements and State Power: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, with Henry Veltmeyer, Pluto Press (2005).
- The New Development Politics: The Age of Empire Building and New Social Movements, Ashgate (2003).
- Globalization Unmasked: Imperialism in the 21st Century, with Henry Veltmeyer, Zed Books (2001).
- The Dynamics of Social Change in Latin America, with Henry Veltmeyer, Palgrave Macmillan (2000).
- The Left Strikes Back: Class And Conflict In The Age Of Neoliberalism (2000).
- Empire or Republic: Global Power or Domestic Decay in the US, with Morris Morley, Routledge (1994).
- Latin America in the Time of Cholera: Electoral Politics, Market Economics, and Permanent Crisis, Routledge (1992).
- The United States and Chile: imperialism and the overthrow of the Allende government, with Morris H. Morley, Monthly Review Press (1975).
The death of James Petras – the American sociologist whose writings influenced generations of critical thinkers across continents –passed through the world almost like a whisper. A scholar who spent his life exposing the violence of power, the inequalities of global capitalism, and the illusions of empire left this world with little noise beyond small circles of readers and comrades. In a time when intellectual eminence is often measured by luminosity, the silence around his passing speaks volumes about the place reserved for dissenting voices in contemporary public life.
Petras died in Seattle on January 17, 2026 on his 89th birthday. His passing came only days before the death of Michael Parenti, another prominent radical voice in American political thought. However, while Parenti’s name circulated widely, Petras’s departure travelled almost unnoticed through academic and media circles.