Part II: Non-Capitalist Economic Systems

This section focuses on using the concept of class processes as the basis for identifying non-capitalist economic systems, in particular feudalism, slavery, and self-employment.  At the end of this section, you should be able to accomplish the following objectives:

• Understand the basic political, economic, and cultural conditions necessary to the existence of feudalism, slavery, and self-employment
• Describe the different roles of market processes in shaping the existence and reproduction of feudalism, slavery, and self-employment
• Identify variant forms of feudalism, slavery, and self-employment
• Distinguish the different roles of landlords in feudalism and self-employment
• Show how changes in political, cultural, economic, and environmental processes can undermine one type of economic system while supporting the growth of an alternative type
• Explain the different roles of management in feudalism, slavery, and self-employment
• Explain how subjectivity is differently formed in feudalism, slavery, and self-employment
• Explain how slave and feudal subjectivity requires the creation of consent
• Explain the role of "self" in the reproduction of self-exploitation
• Show the relationship of different class processes to economic growth and development
• Describe the role of racism in shaping feudalism and slavery, and how it might undermine self-employment