Marx and the Third World

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-7
The Current State of Opinion....Pages 8-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
The Main Features of Our Schema....Pages 25-27
The Primitive Commune and its Various Forms of Dissolution....Pages 28-33
The Emergence of Slavery and Serfdom....Pages 34-37
The Origins of Feudalism....Pages 38-45
The Origins of Asiatic Society....Pages 46-49
The Sources of Marx’s Concept of Asiatic Society....Pages 50-53
The Basic Features of Asiatic Society....Pages 54-58
The Class Structure of Asiatic Society....Pages 59-62
Differences between Asiatic, Classical and Feudal Societies....Pages 63-69
Cultural Traits Peculiar to Asiatic Society....Pages 70-72
Typologies of Asiatic Societies....Pages 73-76
Which Societies Did Marx Consider ‘Asiatic’?....Pages 77-78
Japan....Pages 79-81
Semi-Asiatic Russian Society....Pages 82-95
The Origins of Capitalism....Pages 96-100
The Long Stagnation of Societies Based on the Asiatic Mode of Production....Pages 101-104
China, the Most Typical Example of ‘Asiatic’ Society in Marxian Terms....Pages 105-113
The Historical Function of Colonialism....Pages 114-123
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
The Different Developments of India and China....Pages 124-127
The Marxist Debate on Russia’s Problems and Prospects....Pages 128-140
Bureaucratic Collectivism....Pages 141-151
Typologies of Bureaucratic Collectivisms....Pages 152-153
The End of Utopia....Pages 154-155
Conclusion....Pages 156-159
Back Matter....Pages 161-222