| Description |
1 online resource (171 pages) |
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Routledge Revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
Preface -- Part one. Decline and fall. Introduction ; Decline and fall: 1929-34 -- Part two. Resurgence. Interregnum: 1934-64 ; Prelude to the partial revival of the Asiatic mode of production: ca 1948-64 ; The revival of the Asiatic mode of production ; Epilogue: 1975 ; Conclusions ; Notes |
| Summary |
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 chequered and controversial career: leading writers, primarily Stalin, have denied its very existence, mobilizing the heavy artillery of state ideology in their defence, whilst later scholars show signs of |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Asiatic mode of production.
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Asiatic mode of production -- Soviet Union
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism.
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Asiatic mode of production
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Soviet Union
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203828823 |
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0203828828 |
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