Obstacles to the development of capitalism

Iran in the Nineteenth Century

Bibliographic Data

ID10279869
AuthorsAhmad Seyf (corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume34
Issue3
Pages54-82
Publication date1998-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMiddle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-3206 • E-ISSN: 1743-7881
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00263209808701232
OpenAlexW2047650245
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited3

A number of social and economic historians of Iran have attempted to divide Iranian history into periods and to analyse its development in terms of such historical categories as feudalism and Oriental despotism. Without joining the controversy concerning the historical periodization of Iranian history, the main objective of this article is to examine some of the factors that have contributed to prevent the development of capitalism in Iran. The discussion that follows will also shed light on the underlying causes of some of the structural weaknesses of the economy in more recent times. By capitalism I mean an economy-wide or national system in which private ownership of the means of production and market transaction of labour, other resources and products are not only present but intimately linked to each other and integrated with all production processes and sectors. That is to say that market transactions and private ownership are the prevailing mode. Production for the market, despite being a necessary condition for the emergence of capitalist relations, on its own is not

Capitalism · Capitalist economy · Database transaction · Economics · Economy · Feudalism · Market economy · Mode of production · Periodization · Political science · Production (economics · Transaction cost · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law

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