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Mode of Production: 25 Concepts in Anthropology

A preview of the concept of "mode of production" as used by anthropologists. Important terms and concepts include: "materialism", dialectic (thesis + antithesis = synthesis); Marxist anthropology; primitive; ancient; feudal; bourgeois/capitalist; communist; oriental despotism; bourgeoisie; and, proletariat. Correction, Marx and Engels called it the "Asiatic mode of production"; Wittfogel called it "oriental despotism". Further reading: Marx, Karl, Capital. http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/... Wittfogel, Karl A. 1957 Oriental Despotism: A Comparative Study of Total Power. New Haven: Yale University Press. Rahman, Taimur. Marx and Engels on the Asiatic Mode of Production in India. www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv13n2/asiatic.htm About me: I'm Nick Herriman, author of the books "Entangled State" and "Witch-hunt and Conspiracy". I lecture in Anthropology at La Trobe University. I am also the 'Audible Anthropologist' on iTunes. About "25 Concepts in Anthropology": I preview what I think are the 25 most important concepts in socio-cultural anthropology. Each concept provides a unique insight into what it is to be human. See my Blogs on: *fieldwork in the Cocos Islands http://nicholasherriman.blogspot.com.au the Anthropology of Symbols http://anthropologyofsymbols.blogspot...