Putting Theory to Work

Abstract This reply defends the need for a specifically materialist historiography of modes of production other than capitalism; argues that Marxists should see history as being driven by the state as much as it is by classes; defends the scientific value of the category 'merchant capitalism�...

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Published in:Historical materialism : research in critical Marxist theory 2013-01, Vol.21 (4), p.129-143
Main Author: Banaji, Jairus
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Brenner
Capitalism
Historiography
Marx, Karl
materialist historiography
merchant capitalism
Merchants
Modes of Production
Plantations
slave plantations
Slavery
Social Class
tributary modes of production
Value (Economics)
Values
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Summary:Abstract This reply defends the need for a specifically materialist historiography of modes of production other than capitalism; argues that Marxists should see history as being driven by the state as much as it is by classes; defends the scientific value of the category 'merchant capitalism'; and explains why Marx came around to seeing the slave plantations as part of 'total capital'. It concludes by suggesting both that Marx allowed for different levels of determination when thinking about the origins of capitalism, and that Brenner's account of the transition in English agriculture has now been seriously weakened by Jane Whittle's critique of it.
ISSN:1465-4466
1569-206X
1465-4466
DOI:10.1163/1569206X-12341322