[Marxism] Tributary mode of production

["Nestor Gorojovsky" <nestorgoro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Respuesta a:"Marxism Digest, Vol 24, Issue 25"
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Con fecha:9 Oct 2005, a las 2:19

> The best way to look at this is from the angle
> of  what John Haldon has called the "tributary mode of production" 
> which subsumes European feudalism and its counterparts in Asia. 

I agree.  However, it would not be a waste of time to have a clear 
understanding of where did the European counterpart of the "tributary 
modes of production" in Asia differ from the latter. I say the 
"European counterpart" because it was, in Amin's opinion (which I 
share, Jim Blaut's dissidence nonwithstanding), an aberrant 
expression of the general species.

This _aberrant_  character is best demonstrated by comparing the 
history of the State in Europe and China.

In order to do this effectively, Europe _as a whole_ should be 
compared with China _as a whole_.  You only need to see the different 
history of the Chinese and "European" state to easily reach the 
conclusion that there is some important difference to be made between 
both.

The important question, from our point of view, is "what is this 
difference?"

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Néstor Miguel Gorojovsky
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"La patria tiene que ser la dignidad arriba y el regocijo abajo".
Aparicio Saravia
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