Neo-populism and Marxism
The Chayanovian view of the agrarian question and its fundamental fallacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2158562 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Utsa Patnaik (0000-0001-7059-6442, Jawaharlal Nehru University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 375-420 |
| Publication date | 1979-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03066157908438083 |
| OpenAlex | W2077332487 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 66 |
| References cited | 10 |
The neo-populist viewpoint on the agrarian question, developed in Russia from the late 19th century against Marxist theory, enjoys a modified revival in India today. The theoretical core of the neo-populist framework consists in the idea of an economically undifferentiated, virtually homogeneous peasantry, which shows extreme stability and viability vis a vis the competition of capitalist production; and is of superior efficiency with respect to yield. There is a basic logical fallacy underlying this view, consisting in the positing of identical conditions of production for units with differing objectives of production-'subsistence' for peasant holdings and 'profit' for capitalist holdings-in a situation where they coexist and are linked through markets. In fact capitalist production cannot emerge at all unless it is accompanied by a rise in output and surplus per unit area compared to petty production, which presupposes technical change. The logical necessity of differing conditions of production, implies that all the neo-populist propositions are invalid
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Capitalism · Economic system · Economics · Epistemology · Fallacy · Market economy · Marxist philosophy · Microeconomics · Neoclassical economics · Peasant · Political science · Politics · Populism · Production (economics · Profit (economics · Subsistence agriculture · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism
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| Unique citing works | 66 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,43 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 2025 (46) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 64 |