noun
Asiatic mode of production
A Marxist historical concept describing a pre-capitalist mode of production characterized by state-controlled irrigation, communal land ownership, and a despotic state. Used in academic and political discourse.
マルクスはアジア的生産様式を古代の生産様式の一つとして論じた。
Marx discussed the Asiatic mode of production as one of the ancient modes of production.
A direct translation of the German 'asiatische Produktionsweise', coined by Karl Marx in his analysis of pre-capitalist economic formations.