Brenner debate on the transition from feudalism to capitalism
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The Brenner debate on the transition from feudalism to capitalism is a major historiographical controversy that centers on the role of class relations and agrarian structures, rather than trade or demographics, in explaining the rise of capitalism in Europe.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marxist historiographical debate
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academic controversy ⓘ historiographical debate ⓘ |
| addresses |
differences between English and French rural class structures
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relationship between peasant tenures and market dependence ⓘ role of landlord power in shaping economic outcomes ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
English agrarian history
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Marxist economic history ⓘ Political Marxism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralQuestion |
what social-property relations enabled capitalist development
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why capitalism first emerged in parts of Western Europe ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
commercialization model of the rise of capitalism
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demographic explanations of the rise of capitalism ⓘ |
| critiques |
demographic-structural explanations of economic change
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neo-Smithian accounts of capitalism’s origins ⓘ world-systems explanations centered on trade expansion alone ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
importance of extra-economic coercion in feudalism
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internal class dynamics within European societies ⓘ role of landlord–peasant relations ⓘ role of property relations in the countryside ⓘ transformation of surplus extraction mechanisms ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
agrarian class structure
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agrarian relations of production ⓘ class relations ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalFocus |
Central Europe
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England NERFINISHED ⓘ France NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Arnost Klima
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Ellen Meiksins Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Bois NERFINISHED ⓘ Immanuel Wallerstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Sweezy NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Brenner NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert S. DuPlessis NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodney Hilton NERFINISHED ⓘ T. H. Aston NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore K. Rabb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ellen Meiksins Wood’s theory of social-property relations
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later Political Marxist analyses of capitalism ⓘ |
| mainSubject | transition from feudalism to capitalism ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Robert Brenner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Robert Brenner’s 1976 article "Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-Industrial Europe" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Past and Present NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Dobb–Sweezy debate
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transition debate in Marxist theory ⓘ |
| startedIn | 1970s ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
early modern Europe
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late medieval Europe ⓘ |
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