Mode of Production and the Historiography of Capitalism: Gender, Race and Eurocentrism

by Jairus Banaji (Contribution by), Leonardo Marques (Contribution by), Rohini Hensman (Contribution by), Alessandra Mezzadri (Contribution by), S.P. Englert (Contribution by)

Overview

Bringing together leading scholars and activists, this edited collection calls for a return to the ‘mode of production debate’ to address often-overlooked dimensions: gender, race, and Eurocentrism.

The concept of mode of production is placed in dialogue with Marxist debates on domestic labour, racial capitalism and the ways in which Eurocentrism has shaped the historiographies of capitalism. In doing so, the book offers novel approaches to studying the origins, modalities and contradictions of capitalism.

Advancing an integrated framework that incorporates class, gender, race and ethnicity, the book opens pathways to new research for better understanding, resisting and transcending capitalism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529247992
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	01/22/2026
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304

About the Author

Jokubas Salyga is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Kayhan Valadbaygi is a Research Fellow in International Relations of the Middle East at the Institute for Area Studies, Leiden University.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Bringing Gender, Race and History into the Mode of Production Debate - Jokubas Salyga and Kayhan Valadbaygi

Part I: Re-entering the Hidden Abodes of Production

1. The Rise and Decline of Unilinear Marxism - Marcel van der Linden

2. Denaturalising Capitalism: Transforming Marxist Visions of the Past - Paolo Tedesco

3. Marxism and Late Antiquity - Jairus Banaji

4. The Latin American Chapter of the Modes of Production Debate - Leonardo Marques and Waldomiro Lourenço da Silva Júnior

5. Marxism and the Concept of a Social Formation - Tony Burns

6. Rethinking the Social Property Relations Approach - Andreas Bieler

Part II: Excavating the Intersections of Production and Reproduction

7. Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation: Past and Present - Silvia Federici

8. Forms of Exploitation and Social Reproduction: Jairus Banaji & Silvia Federici on Capitalism, Value and Unfree Labour - Alessandra Mezzadri

9. Class Struggle and the Working-Class Family - Rohini Hensman

10. Social Reproduction Theory: State of the Field and New Directions in Geography - Vivian Deidre Rodriguez-Rocha

Part III: Disrupting Eurocentric Narratives: The Interiorities of Racism, Colonialism, and Capitalism

11. How is a Marxian Theory of Racialisation Possible? - Peter Hudis

12. Plantation Slavery and the Capitalist Mode of Production - Abigail B. Bakan

13. Enslaved African Labour: Violent Racial Capitalism - Andy Higginbottom

14. Settler Colonialism and the (Re)production of Capitalism - Sai Englert

15. How the West Came to Rule, or Knocking on an Open Door - Sébastien Rioux

16. The Orientation of Racial Capitalism - Yousuf Al-Bulushi

17. Racial Capitalism as a European Empire-based World System? Caste and Tribe and Racialised Neoliberal Capitalism in India - Jens Lerche

18. Beyond Eurocentrism: Rethinking Global Capitalism Through ‘Tropical Marxism’ - Kolja Lindner

Conclusion: Mode of Production as a Social History of the Many - Jokubas Salyga and Kayhan Valadbaygi