Technological change in agriculture: a Marxist critique

Critically analyzes the dominant model of intensive agriculture & the green revolution & weighs strategies for responding to current agricultural & environmental crises. Three basic responses are considered: (1) further technological modernization within the existing capitalist framework...

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Published in:Sociologia ruralis 1997-04, Vol.37 (1), p.61-78
Main Author: Liodakis, G. (Technical Studies of Crete, Chania (Greece). Dept. of General Studies)
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AGRICULTURA
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Agricultural Production
Agricultural Technology
AGRICULTURE
Appropriate Technologies
CAMBIO TECNOLOGICO
CHANGEMENT TECHNOLOGIQUE
DESARROLLO AGRICOLA
DEVELOPPEMENT AGRICOLE
Economic sociology
Environmental Degradation
HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES
Marxist Analysis
Production. Distribution. Advertising
Rural sociology
Sociology
Sociology of economy and development
Technological Change
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES
VARIEDADES DE ALTO RENDIMIENTO
VARIETE A HAUT RENDEMENT
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Summary:Critically analyzes the dominant model of intensive agriculture & the green revolution & weighs strategies for responding to current agricultural & environmental crises. Three basic responses are considered: (1) further technological modernization within the existing capitalist framework; (2) social restructuring away from modernization & productivism & toward relocalization; & (3) a Marxist transformation of social production that negates the logic & domination of capitalist modernization. The first is rejected & the second challenged; the last, which is advocated, implies a dialectical endogenous determination of technology & takes into account both the strengths & shortcomings of relocalization. It is concluded that the development & application of an alternative & appropriate agricultural technology requires broader social transformation contributed to by a class-conscious agricultural movement. 49 References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0038-0199
1467-9523
DOI:10.1111/1467-9523.00036