The Asiatic Mode of Production and China

Le mode de production asiatique et la Chine. Retour sur la pertinence d'un concept biaisé

Mylène Gaulard

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Abstract: Proposed in 1859 by Karl Marx in onder to characterize India, the concept of an Asiatic mode of production was widened to explain the whole Asia stagnation in the 19th century. Severely criticized for political reasons during the 20th century, its economic relevance was rarely put into question. Indeed, in China's case, economic growth is frequently impeded by local governments actions, what could, at least in part, rehabilitate Marx's analysis.

Keywords: 053; N45; N15; B24; B14; economic growth; local governments; stationary state; oriental despotism; China; collectivités locales; croissance économique; Chine; despotisme oriental; état stationnaire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Published in Revue d'histoire de la pensée économique, 2018, Revue d'histoire de la pensée économique, 2018 – 2, n°6, 2 (6), pp.39-64. ⟨10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-08759-5.p.0039⟩

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DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-08759-5.p.0039

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