This article is made up by a debate that went on between Michel Löwy and Michael Cahen in the mid-1990s that has been edited for this publication. Although the discussion refers to events that to a certain extent may be considered dated here, the underlying concern these articles share provides their current relevance: the need for deepening reflections, via Marxist theory, on the problem of national and internationalism in times of globalization. This deepening, according to the authors, demands reflections that offer a critical break with the Eurocentrist view of different nationalisms and go beyond the attitude of many Marxists who held everything that was not directly related to "class consciousness" in disregard.
nationalisms; internationalism; Marxism; Eurocentrism; globalization; class consciousness