Moidialectica [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoWhat are some good books for learning about medieval and classical economics, and why they lacked the ability to produce workers/proletariat on a scale required for socialist thought?message-squaremessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some good books for learning about medieval and classical economics, and why they lacked the ability to produce workers/proletariat on a scale required for socialist thought?Moidialectica [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square9linkfedilinkfile-text
I’m largely just looking for how they worked though, but an explanatory one that does both would be nice, yes.
minus-squareHeroHelck@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoUnless you’re going to reject anything that isn’t orthodox marxist out of hand, I’d suggest you read John Haldon’s “The State and the Tributary Mode of Production”.
minus-squareMoidialectica [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoI don’t mind if it isnt orthodox marxist, decent theory that i can think about is good enough for me
Unless you’re going to reject anything that isn’t orthodox marxist out of hand, I’d suggest you read John Haldon’s “The State and the Tributary Mode of Production”.
I don’t mind if it isnt orthodox marxist, decent theory that i can think about is good enough for me