ANTHR 102 Lecture 29: Anthr 102 - Lecture 29
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Karl marx: he is a german philosopher, author of the communist manifesto and. He is interested in understanding how human groups organize production. Mode of production: defined by how different human groups carry out production. Kin-ordered mode: labour is organized on the basis of kinship relations. Tributary mode: labourers must pay tribute in the form of money, goods or labour to a lord or ruler. (e. g. Capitalist mode: is characterized by private ownership of the means of production, extraction of surplus value by the owning class for the purpose of capital accumulation, wage-based labour. Means of production: includes tools, machinery, technical knowledge, skills, etc. Relations of production: the social relationships that organize productive activities. Workers don"t control the means of production. Workers own nothing but their own labour power and they must sell labour to capitalists to survive. Workers produce value that is greater than the wage they are paid.
