亚细亚生产方式研究概况及其意义

马克思在研究亚洲或东方社会的状况时,提到亚细亚生产方式的概念,对此概念的严格定义则不是马克思关注的焦点,他的关注点集中在东西生产方式的区别上,以及当时东方社会为何遭受到西方社会的打击,并在此基础上为包括东方国家在内的落后国家寻找一条出路。然而,后人却对亚细亚生产方式概念进行了各种各样的论争,这虽有时代背景上的原因,也有诸多理论上的原因,无疑也背离了马克思探讨亚细亚生产方式的原意。可是另一方面,通过对亚细亚生产方式的研究和争论,有助于了解包括中国在内的亚洲国家的历史和现状。了解自身历史的生产方式,以及和西欧生产方式进行对比,对于现代化进程中的中国有着很大的借鉴和启发意义。

Research On the Asiatic Mode of Production and its Significance

In the study of social conditions in Asia or the East,Marx mentioned the concept of Asiatic mode of production.The strict definition of this concept was not the focus of Marx,whose concerns focused on the distinctions between the Eastern and Western mode of production,as well as why the East suffered attacks from the West,and on this basis,to find a way out for the backward countries,including Eastern countries.However,later generations presented a variety of debates on the concept of Asiatic mode of produc...