The geopolitical fix: Luxemburg, Bukharin, and the ‘closed space’ of capitalist globalisation with Regan Burles (14 May)

Wednesday 14 May 2025, 3pm-4.30pm, Conference Room 3.15, Chrystal Macmillan Building

In this talk, Dr. Regan Burles explores how early 20th-century anti-imperialist thinkers Rosa Luxemburg and Nikolai Bukharin engaged with geopolitical ideas—particularly the notion of a “closed” global space—in diagnosing the dynamics of capitalist imperialism. By comparing their thought to that of English geographer Halford Mackinder, Burles reveals surprising intersections between Marxist critiques and classical geopolitics, offering new insights into the relationship between capitalism, state systems, and global spatial order.