This reissue was first published in 1982. It deals specifically
with the 'Asiatic mode of production' described by Karl Marx in his
basic evolutionary model for human society. The term defines a
special form of society marked by state ownership of the means of
production and extensive intervention by the state in all forms of
social life. In the soviet Union, the concept has had a chequered
and controversial career: leading writers, primarily Stalin, have
denied its very existence, mobilizing the heavy artillery of state
ideology in their defence, whilst later scholars show signs of
reversing this trend. Drawing on a large body of Soviet writing on
historiography, Stephen Dunn develops a critical analysis of the
issue, and introduces important corrections to the accounts
hitherto available in the West. His work should be of major
interest to students of Soviet politics, economists and Marxists.
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