Journal article
The case for Agrarian capitalism: A response to albritton
The Journal of Peasant Studies, Vol.27(4), pp.138-159
07/01/2000
DOI: 10.1080/03066150008438751
Abstract
Albritton finds Brenner's designation 'agrarian capitalism' inappropriate for early English agriculture, as the law of value and the commodification of labour are undeveloped. But Brenner is not theorising a 'full-blown' capitalism. His theory traces a process of transition, by which new rules for social reproduction and a new capitalist logic unfolded gradually. Albritton's evidence, moreover, actually supports Brenner's thesis. Charges of class reductionism misconstrue Brenner's efforts to overcome the tendency to dichotomise society into political and economic spheres. Brenner's theory provides what the bourgeois paradigm does not: a logical explanation of how market dependency and capitalist classes emerged.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The case for Agrarian capitalism: A response to albritton
- Creators
- Mike Zmolek - Department of International Relations , University of Dubuque
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of Peasant Studies, Vol.27(4), pp.138-159
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- DOI
- 10.1080/03066150008438751
- ISSN
- 0306-6150
- eISSN
- 1743-9361
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2000
- Academic Unit
- History; Interdisciplinary Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9983920522102771
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