Thanks Steve: I was going to ask something, which is very similar to the lines of Esteban as well. I have been for some time, been dealing with the Asian Mode of Production in relation to particular states. I have been very struck by this remark from Marx:
"“In all forms of society there is one specific kind of production which predominates over the rest, whose relations thus assign rank and influence to the others. It is a general illumination which bathes all the other colours and modifies their particularity. It is a particular ether which determines the specific gravity of every being which has materialized within it.” Karl Marx, "The Grundrisse"; Introduction; 1857; in "(3) The Method Of Political Economy”; London 1994 Tr M.Nicolaus; p.107 at: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1857/grundrisse/ch01.htm ( https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1857/grundrisse/ch01.htm ) Marx's comment also thus relates to the whole debate that has repeatedly noted that Marx noted that elements of mercantile capitalism arose even in early days of commodity circulation, and within the shell of other modes of production for eg slavery. So in this background, is there a "one specific kind of production which predominates over the rest" - in relation to China - or as your note seems to imply, *any* society? Hari -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29677): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29677 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/105142448/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
