Theory as history: essays on modes of production and exploitation
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Main Author: Banaji, Jairus (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Brill 2010
Series:Historical materialism book series 25
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
The essays collected here straddle four decades of work in both historiography and Marxist theory, combining source-based historical work in a wide range of languages with sophisticated discussion of Marx's categories. Key themes include the distinctions that are crucial to restoring complexity to the Marxist notion of a 'mode of production'; the emergence of medieval relations of production; the origins of capitalism; the dichotomy between free and unfree labour; and essays in agrarian history that range widely from Byzantine Egypt to 19th-century colonialism. The essays demonstrate the impor
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xix, 406 pages)
ISBN:9004183728
9789004183728

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