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Recreating the Third World Project: possibilities through the Fourth World

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  • Crystal Whetstone
  • Murat Yilmaz

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In this paper, we make a theoretical argument that the Third World be returned to its political origins to inspire an updated Third World Project (TWP), revived as a global movement for progressive, anti-imperialist forces, through the Fourth World movement, which highlights internal colonialism. Both the TWP and the United Nations recognise only nation states as full members. We examine how a Third World strategy that brings in the Fourth World, or indigenous, minority and/or stateless groups, can help oppressed groups gain more autonomy and rights through a transnational solidarity rooted in empathy. We trace the intellectual roots and history of the TWP and consider obstacles in bringing together the TWP and the Fourth World movement. A Fourth World strategy corrects the TWP’s implicit approval of an underlying imperialism, and the TWP provides the Fourth World movement a model to accomplish its goal of resisting uncritical modernity.

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  • Crystal Whetstone & Murat Yilmaz, 2020. "Recreating the Third World Project: possibilities through the Fourth World," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(4), pages 565-582, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:41:y:2020:i:4:p:565-582
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2019.1702457
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