Marx's Theory of the Social FormationThis interpretation of Marx's materialism by a Chinese scholar, offers ideas which differ from the interpretation of major Western scholars. The author applies Marx's theory of the social formation to the tremendous social changes which have happened in Eastern Europe, the former USSR and China. |
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The economic base of the social formation | 19 |
The superstructure of the social formation | 53 |
The social formation as an organic whole | 68 |
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ancient mode bourgeois capitalist mode capitalist relations capitalist society Cohen concept of social conditions of labour conditions of production Critique of Political definite stage denotes determinative action development of human development of productive dissolution economic base economic formation embodied emergence Engels existing explanation feudal mode forces of production form of production formation of society former historical development historical materialism human society Ibid individual labour process labour to capital labour-power Marx held Marx pointed Marx's expositions Marx's relevant expositions Marx's theory material production means of production MECW MESW mode of production natural environment nature objective conditions ownership passage Political Economy politics and ideology pre-capitalist mode process of production production and production productive forces productive power regarded relations men enter relations of production relationship Russian peasant commune social formation social production social relations stage of historical structure of society subordination of labour successive replacement superstructure surplus-value Vera Zasulich Wage Labour