Pre-capitalist Iran
A Theoretical History
Published on 31. December 1993
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-85043-554-9 (ISBN)
Description
What kind of society was Iran before the constitutional revolution of 1906, feudal or despotic and 'asiatic'? In this book, the first of its kind, Dr Vali critically assesses both arguments, examining the works of high social theory from which this long-running controversy derives and developing new concepts for the analysis of state and social relations in pre-capitalist Iran. He also paints an illuminating portrait of politics and society in Qajar Iran.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
references, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85043-554-9 (9781850435549)
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Person
Abbas Vali is a teaching Professor of Modern Social and Political Theory in the Department of Sociology at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.
Content
Acknowledgements. Preface. Part I:. 1. Marxism and the historiography of pre-capitalist Iran. 2. The concept of the Asiatic mode of production and definitions of pre-capitalist Iran as an Asiatic society. 3. The concept of the feudal mode of production and definitions of pre-capitalist Iran as a feudal society. Part II: 4. An economic concept of feudal rent. Part III: 5. Landed property in pre-capitalist Iran. 6. Political authority, sovereignty and property ownership in medieval political discourse. 7. The organisation of agrarian production in pre-capitalist Iran. Conclusion - The concept of Iranian feudalism.