Marxs Theory of History Reappraised
Marxs theory of history, as set out in the chapters onprimitive accumulationinCapital, is still valid when expanded into a historico-theoretical conception of the capitalistmode of production worldwide. His account of primitive accumulation, especially inChapter 24 So-called primitive accumulation in Volume One and in Chapter 47 Genesisof capitalist ground-rent in Volume Three (Marx 1965,1966),should not be read simply asa history of English capitalism as a unique phenomenon. In Capital Marx (1965:8)identified England as theclassic case for his study of capitalism in general. He arguedthat advanced English capitalism presaged the future for other developing nations; hemaintained that vision from the time of his early works in the 1840s. His account ofprimitive accumulation thus has the potential to generate a theory of history that wouldenable us to understand the structure and trends of primitive accumulation in contemporarydeveloping nations.His theory reveals that these nations are following basically the samepath as past Western primitive accumulation. In the process of primitive accumulation,capitalism generally forms rentier-state capitalism, sometimes referred to asdevelopmental dictatorship. Early English capitalism offers a classic example ofrentier-state capitalism.
Hiroshi Uchida
国际会议
日本岛根
英文
270-277
2007-10-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）