Asiatic mode of production ( was Re: [Marxism] Hillel Ticktin on the theory of decline and capital)

["Johannes Schneider" <Johannes.Schneider@xxxxxxx>]

Louis wrote:

> >
> ><http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/595/ticktin.htm>
>
> Hillel Ticktin: We only know in historical detail of two transitions and
> hence of periods of decline - to feudalism and to capitalism. The absence
> of a transition in China, in the case of the Asiatic mode of production,
> is
> itself very interesting, but that is another discussion.
>
> Comment: Isn&#8217;t Ticktin aware that the &#8220;Asiatic mode of
production&#8221; is a
> discredited idea?
>

Louis, did I miss the irony here? But please explain in what way the
&#8220;Asiatic mode of production&#8221; should be discredited idea.

Johannes

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