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A 3 page research paper that briefly describes different modes of production. The writer defines "modes of production," using Marx and Engels, and then briefly describes modes of production, such as feudalism, capitalism and socialism. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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labor and raw material that is required for production bot also the social relationships that support this production. Therefore, how individuals define themselves coincides with their relationship to a model
of production, regarding both what they produce and this production takes place (Marx & Engels, 2001). In order to survive, people must consume, which necessarily entails production and the
processes involved in production require the establishment of relations with others. In this regard, Marx argued that throughout history, various economic systems, such as feudalism, capitalism and socialism, had been
devised, with each encompassing specific modes of production (Hodgson, 1995). Marx argued that a mode of production shapes a society. For example, the foraging mode of production is characteristic
of primitive societies and characterized by production being shared by all members of a tribe, and, likewise, all share in consuming the product of their production (Mandel, 1971). In this
form of society, a ruling class does not emergence since there is no product surplus to support it. On the other hand, the Asiatic mode of production is considered to
be the initial form of a class-oriented society, as in this mode a small group of individuals employ violence in order to produce surplus through coerced labor (Mandel, 1971). This
mode of production and the social relations this entailed made possible the great monument construction of ancient eras, such as the construction of the pyramids or the Great Wall of
China. Inherent in this mode of production is the creation of a ruling class that typically derived its right to rule on theological terms as incarnations of gods. The
slave mode of production is similar to the Asiatic mode, but differs in that it also encompasses direct ownership of the individuals provided the coerced labor. Ancient Greek and Roman
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