1st Edition

The Fall and Rise of the Asiatic Mode of Production (Routledge Revivals)

By Stephen Dunn Copyright 1982
170 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

This reissue was first published in 1982. It deals specifically with the ‘Asiatic mode of production’ described by Karl Marx in his basic evolutionary model for human society. The term defines a special form of society marked by state ownership of the means of production and extensive intervention by the state in all forms of social life.  In the soviet Union, the concept has had a... Read more
Part one:  Decline and Fall  1. Introduction  2. Decline and fall: 1929-34  Part two: Resurgence  3. Interregnum: 1934-64  4. Prelude to the partial revival of the Asiatic mode of production: ca 1948-64  5. The revival of the Asiatic mode of production  6. Epilogue: 1975-  7. Conclusions.

Biography

Stephen Dunn