The Agrarian Question
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The Agrarian Question is Karl Kautsky’s influential Marxist analysis of the development of agriculture, peasant economies, and their role in capitalist society and socialist strategy.
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| The Agrarian Question canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
Marxist theoretical work
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book ⓘ |
| analyzes |
capitalist rationalization of agriculture
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class differentiation among peasants ⓘ concentration of land ownership ⓘ cooperatives in agriculture ⓘ proletarianization of rural populations ⓘ |
| author | Karl Kautsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
agrarian policy of the workers’ movement
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development of agriculture under capitalism ⓘ differentiation of the peasantry ⓘ relationship between town and countryside ⓘ role of peasants in socialist revolution ⓘ transition from small-scale to large-scale farming ⓘ |
| genre |
Marxist theory
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political economy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
empirical discussion of German and European agriculture
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programmatic conclusions for socialist parties ⓘ theoretical analysis of capitalist agriculture ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Second International
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late 19th century European capitalism ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Marxist agrarian debates
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Lenin’s The Development of Capitalism in Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosa Luxemburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Lenin NERFINISHED ⓘ theory of peasant differentiation ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Engels
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Karl Marx ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
agrarian program of the workers’ movement
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differentiation of the peasantry ⓘ inevitability of capitalist development in agriculture ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Marxist political economy
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agrarian question ⓘ agriculture under capitalism ⓘ capitalist development in agriculture ⓘ class structure in the countryside ⓘ peasant economy ⓘ socialist strategy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Die Agrarfrage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | orthodox Marxism ⓘ |
| positionOnCooperatives | views cooperatives as a transitional form within capitalism ⓘ |
| positionOnLargeScaleFarming | argues that large-scale capitalist agriculture is more efficient than small-scale peasant farming ⓘ |
| positionOnPeasantry | argues that small peasants tend to be differentiated into rich peasants and rural proletarians ⓘ |
| positionOnSocialism | argues that socialist strategy must address the agrarian question ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1899 ⓘ |
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