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Mode of Production
The Final Horizon of Practice and Theory
Series: - Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume: 361
Mode of Production: The Final Horizon of Practice and Theory re-invigorates the Marxist concept âmode of productionâ by showing how it continues to have a central place in understanding the broad sweep of human history, while also offering crucial resources to inform social justice activism today. Drawing on recent materialist theory and newer insights from historical and anthropological scholarship, the book discusses the three modes of production that existed, the conflicts between them, the importance of Indigenous struggles to socialism, and explicates a materialist contemporary cultural politics. The book offers a pathway for activism and theory through the wide range of contemporary hegemonies.
Henry Heller is Professor of Early Modern and Modern History at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. His many publications include The Cold War and The New Imperialism: A Global History, 1945-2005 (Monthly Review Press, 2006) and The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism: The Ongoing Debate (Pluto Press, 2011).
Peter Kulchyski, Ph.D. (1988), is Professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba. His publications include Report of an Inquiry into an Injustice (UManitobaP, 2018), Aboriginal Rights are not Human Rights (ARP, 2014) and Like the Sound of a Drum (UManitobaP, 2005).
Peter Kulchyski, Ph.D. (1988), is Professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba. His publications include Report of an Inquiry into an Injustice (UManitobaP, 2018), Aboriginal Rights are not Human Rights (ARP, 2014) and Like the Sound of a Drum (UManitobaP, 2005).
Preface
Introduction
1 Concerning a Concept
â1âAn Ancient Trail through the Forest of Thought
â2âMode of Production in the History of Theory
â3âMode of Production in the Contemporary Theoretical Moment
â4âThree Modes of Production: Prefatory Description
â5âFinal Thoughts for a First Chapter
â6âSource Note
2 Capitalism
â1âThe Capitalist Relation
â2âOrigins and Primitive Accumulation
â3âValue
â4âThe World Market
â5âUneven Development
â6âPhases of Capitalism
â7âMerchant Capitalism
â8âState and Church
â9âGender
â10âThe Politics of Uneven Development
â11âColonialism
â12âResistance
â13âRevolution
â14âIndustrial Revolution and Development of the Working Class
â15âFree Labour
â16âMonopoly Capitalism
â17âRevolution in Russia
â18âActually Existing Socialism
â19âFascism and War
â20âU.S. Hegemony and the Cold War
â21âNeoliberalism
â22âSource Note
3 The Tributary Mode of Production
â1âThe Tributary Mode and Capitalism
â2âNeolithic Inheritances
â3âAsiatic Mode of Production
â4âThe Other Transition
â5âThe Mediaeval Period
â6âLate Mediaeval Crisis
â7âEarly Modern Feudalism
â8âSlavery
â9âThe State and the Tributary Mode
â10âThe Tributary Mode: Critique
â11âSource Note
4 The Bush Mode of Production
â1âIntroduction
â2âThe Civilised/Savage Dichotomy
â3âFeatures of the Bush Mode of Production I: Egalitarianism
â4âFeatures of the Bush Mode of Production II: Communism
â5âFeatures of the Bush Mode of Production III: Nomadism
â6âFeatures of the Bush Mode of Production IV: Affluence
â7âFeatures of the Bush Mode of Production V: Expressive Culture and Spirituality
â8âThe Global History of the Bush Mode of Production
â9âBush History and Bush Culture: A Few Comments
â10âConclusion
â11âSource Note
5 Mode of Production and Materialist Cultural Politics
â1âIntroduction
â2âSpatial Logics I: Capitalism
â3âSpatial Logics II: Tributary
â4âSpatial Logics III: Bush
â5âTemporal Logics I: Capitalism
â6âTemporal Logic II: Tributary
â7âTemporal Logic III: Bush
â8âThe Logic of Subjectivity across Three Modes of Production
â9âWays of Knowing
â10âConclusion
â11âSource Note
6 Mode of Production Now
â1âCapitalist Crises and Socialist Possibilities
â2âThere Is No Outside?
â3âTotality and Totalisation
â4âTotalisation, Colonialism, and Mode of Production
â5âThe Bifurcated Colonial Subject
â6âTotalization in the Capitalist World
â7âIdentities and Modes of Production
â8âEcology and the Anthropocene
â9âEgalitarianism and Effluence: The Socialism to Come
â10âSource Note
References
Index
Introduction
1 Concerning a Concept
â1âAn Ancient Trail through the Forest of Thought
â2âMode of Production in the History of Theory
â3âMode of Production in the Contemporary Theoretical Moment
â4âThree Modes of Production: Prefatory Description
â5âFinal Thoughts for a First Chapter
â6âSource Note
2 Capitalism
â1âThe Capitalist Relation
â2âOrigins and Primitive Accumulation
â3âValue
â4âThe World Market
â5âUneven Development
â6âPhases of Capitalism
â7âMerchant Capitalism
â8âState and Church
â9âGender
â10âThe Politics of Uneven Development
â11âColonialism
â12âResistance
â13âRevolution
â14âIndustrial Revolution and Development of the Working Class
â15âFree Labour
â16âMonopoly Capitalism
â17âRevolution in Russia
â18âActually Existing Socialism
â19âFascism and War
â20âU.S. Hegemony and the Cold War
â21âNeoliberalism
â22âSource Note
3 The Tributary Mode of Production
â1âThe Tributary Mode and Capitalism
â2âNeolithic Inheritances
â3âAsiatic Mode of Production
â4âThe Other Transition
â5âThe Mediaeval Period
â6âLate Mediaeval Crisis
â7âEarly Modern Feudalism
â8âSlavery
â9âThe State and the Tributary Mode
â10âThe Tributary Mode: Critique
â11âSource Note
4 The Bush Mode of Production
â1âIntroduction
â2âThe Civilised/Savage Dichotomy
â3âFeatures of the Bush Mode of Production I: Egalitarianism
â4âFeatures of the Bush Mode of Production II: Communism
â5âFeatures of the Bush Mode of Production III: Nomadism
â6âFeatures of the Bush Mode of Production IV: Affluence
â7âFeatures of the Bush Mode of Production V: Expressive Culture and Spirituality
â8âThe Global History of the Bush Mode of Production
â9âBush History and Bush Culture: A Few Comments
â10âConclusion
â11âSource Note
5 Mode of Production and Materialist Cultural Politics
â1âIntroduction
â2âSpatial Logics I: Capitalism
â3âSpatial Logics II: Tributary
â4âSpatial Logics III: Bush
â5âTemporal Logics I: Capitalism
â6âTemporal Logic II: Tributary
â7âTemporal Logic III: Bush
â8âThe Logic of Subjectivity across Three Modes of Production
â9âWays of Knowing
â10âConclusion
â11âSource Note
6 Mode of Production Now
â1âCapitalist Crises and Socialist Possibilities
â2âThere Is No Outside?
â3âTotality and Totalisation
â4âTotalisation, Colonialism, and Mode of Production
â5âThe Bifurcated Colonial Subject
â6âTotalization in the Capitalist World
â7âIdentities and Modes of Production
â8âEcology and the Anthropocene
â9âEgalitarianism and Effluence: The Socialism to Come
â10âSource Note
References
Index
The book is accessible to a general audience, primarily geared toward undergraduate students, while also presenting theoretical and historical arguments that will appeal to postgraduate readers.