Pre-capitalist Iran : A Theoretical History (Hardcover)

Acknowledgements. Preface. Part I:. 1. Marxism and the historiography of pre-capitalist Iran. 2. The concept of the Asiatic mode of production and definitions of pre-capitalist Iran as an Asiatic society. 3. The concept of the feudal mode of production and definitions of pre-capitalist Iran as a feudal society. Part II: 4. An economic concept of feudal rent. Part III: 5. Landed property in pre-capitalist Iran. 6. Political authority, sovereignty and property ownership in medieval political discourse. 7. The organisation of agrarian production in pre-capitalist Iran. Conclusion - The concept of Iranian feudalism.