The perspectives for the international: 30 years after the end of the bipolar order

Abstract

It is with great pleasure that we continue our work and present to the reader another publication from Revista Aurora. The Dossier Section of this issue presents the intriguing theme “The perspectives for the International after 30 years of the end of the bipolar order”, which is structured around the following works: a) “Time and Capital: a brief ontology of modern social domination”, by Cíntia Medina (USP) and Adriano Parra (UFABC); b) “The Washington Consensus in Brazil – Conservative Stabilization and Stagnation”, by Vinícius Rezende Vaz (USP) and Edgard Monforte Merlo (USP); and c) “From Bretton Woods to the Exchange Band Regime: Analysis of the Exchange Rate in Brazil from 2009 to 2019”, by Emerson Braz (PUC-SP). The three texts discuss, from different perspectives, the political, social and economic changes and impacts that the world has experienced in the last 30 years, with the end of the “bipolar order” and the consolidation of capitalism in its current stage. In the Miscellaneous Section, the published articles cover various themes and reflections on different social phenomena in the Human Sciences, containing the following contributions: a) “In the footsteps of Bom-odori: Japanese socio-historical representations, Nikkey culture and Japanese-Brazilian society” , by Vitor Arraes (UNESP); and b) “On a claim for rights: the search for guarantees in the face of Althusserian damage”, by Felipe Leite (UFF). Finally, we have the Review by Marília Gabriella Machado (UNESP), with an analysis of the book by Marcos Del Roio: “Gramsci and the Emancipation of the Subaltern”. São Paulo: Editora UNESP, 2018, 258p.