Marxian theory and the third world : International seminar on Marxian theory and studies on the Non-European world : Selected papers

The contributors to this book review key problems relating to the Third World from different theoretical perspectives within the framework of Marxian and allied theory. The first section deals with various theoretical problems related to an understanding of the Third World. The second section contains articles on the Marxian concept of the Asiatic mode of production. The third section examines the application of Marxian theory to enable an understanding of Third World realities. MARXIAN THEORY AND THE THIRD WORLD CONTENTS PREFACE I. Some Theoretical Problems 1. IN SEARCH OF A THEORY OF PRE-CAPITALIST MODES OF PRODUCTION - Diptendra Banerjee The Problem Conceptualisation of the PCMPs Against Economistic Fetishes 2. MARX AND NON-EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT - Terrell Carver 3. MARXS ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE PROBLEMS OF EVOLUTIONISM - Cyril Levitt Marx and Evolutionism Marx and Lewis Henry Morgan Marx and Sir John Budd Phear Marx and John Lubbock Marx and Henry Sumner Maine Conclusion 4. MARXISM AND ANTHROPOLOGY REFLECTIONS AND QUESTIONS - John Clammer 5. MARX'S THEORY OF MODES OF PRODUCTION PROBLEMS OF COLONIALISM AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT - Miomir Jaksic Problem of Historical Development of Countries in the East Study of Underdevelopment and the Theory of Modes of Production 6. THE ARTICULATION OF MODES AND FORMS OF PRODUCTION - Harold Wolpe The Relationship Between Capitalism and Non-Capitalist Production II. The Asiatic Mode of Production and Allied Problems 7. MARX’S CONCEPT OF THE ASIATIC MODE OF PRODUCTION A Genetic Analysis - Heinz Lubasz II Ill IV V 8. MARX AND THE ORIGINAL' FORM OF INDIA’S VILLAGE COMMUNITY - Diptendra Banerjee The ‘Original’ Form of the Community Dissolution of the Original Form of Indian Community 9. MARX ON PRE-COLONIAL INDIA - An Evaluation - Harbans Mukhia I II Ill III. Marxian Theory and Third World Realities 10. THE CONTINUING IMPORTANCE OF MARX'S APPROACH TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM ONE MODE OF PRODUCTION TO ANOTHER - Bruce McFarlane Marx’s Economics in a Wider Context The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism Developing Capitalism in Southeast Asia and South Asia 11. MARXIAN CATEGORIES AND COLOMBIAN REALITIES - Orlando Fais-Borda Modes of Production Social Formations Par and Praxis 12. CLASS AND STATE IN PAKISTAN - Hamza Alavi Class Formation and Class Alignments in Pakistan 13. INDUSTRIALISATION IN THE NON-EUROPEAN WORLD - Tom Kemp 14. ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SOCIALISM - Theoretical Considerations with Reference to Non-European and European Experience - Ben Fine Introduction The Socialist Formation Distributional Relations and Consumption under Socialism Distribution of Means of Production Socialism and Land Commodity Production under Socialism Conclusion 15. EXPLANATION, GENERALISATION AND MARXIST THEORY VIS-A-VIS THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT - Peter T. Manicas About the Contributors