Rethinking Marx’s theory of the small-scale mode of production in the perspective of the small peasantry theory

Марксова теория мелкохозяйственного способа производства: переосмысление с позиций теории мелкого крестьянства

Sumida, Soichiro (Сумида, Соитиро) ()
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Sumida, Soichiro (Сумида, Соитиро): Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Russian Peasant Studies, 2022, vol. 7, 29-51

Abstract: The translated article of the Japanese historian of social thought and Marxist Soichiro Sumida considers the understanding of the small-scale mode of production by Karl Marx. The author argues that the MEGA facilitates an objective interpretation of Marx’s works by excluding any impurities and distortions based on ideological convictions. Thus, Sumida analyzes and compares the traditional Japanese economic theories that developed under the influence of Marx and the texts of Marx to examine the concept of ‘small economy’. According to Sumida, by referring to the small peasantry in their works, previous generations of researchers erroneously studied the groups which Marx called ‘small farmers’. However, according to Marx, ‘small peasant’ and ‘small farmer’ are different categories.

Keywords: Karl Marx; peasantry; small economy; original accumulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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