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The Structure of World History - From Modes of Production to Modes of Exchange (Paperback)
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The Structure of World History - From Modes of Production to Modes of Exchange (Paperback)
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In this major, paradigm-shifting work, Kojin Karatani
systematically re-reads Marx's version of world history, shifting
the focus of critique from modes of production to modes of
exchange. Karatani seeks to understand both Capital-Nation-State,
the interlocking system that is the dominant form of modern global
society, and the possibilities for superseding it. In The Structure
of World History, he traces different modes of exchange, including
the pooling of resources that characterizes nomadic tribes, the
gift exchange systems developed after the adoption of
fixed-settlement agriculture, the exchange of obedience for
protection that arises with the emergence of the state, the
commodity exchanges that characterize capitalism, and, finally, a
future mode of exchange based on the return of gift exchange,
albeit modified for the contemporary moment. He argues that this
final stage-marking the overcoming of capital, nation, and state-is
best understood in light of Kant's writings on eternal peace. The
Structure of World History is in many ways the capstone of
Karatani's brilliant career, yet it also signals new directions in
his thought.
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