Brenner debate
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The Brenner debate is a major historiographical controversy in Marxist economic history over the origins and development of capitalism, sparked by Robert Brenner’s influential work on agrarian class structures in early modern Europe.
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Target entity: Brenner debate Context triple: [Robert Brenner, partOf, Brenner debate]
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Target entity: Brenner debate Target entity description: The Brenner debate is a major historiographical controversy in Marxist economic history over the origins and development of capitalism, sparked by Robert Brenner’s influential work on agrarian class structures in early modern Europe.
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A.
Old Side–New Side controversy
The Old Side–New Side controversy was an 18th-century split within American Presbyterianism over revivalism and religious experience during the First Great Awakening.
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B.
Fisher–Wright controversy
The Fisher–Wright controversy was a foundational debate in population genetics between R.A. Fisher and Sewall Wright over the relative importance of natural selection, genetic drift, and population structure in evolution.
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C.
Campbell Case controversy
The Campbell Case controversy was a 1924 British political scandal over the prosecution of a communist newspaper editor that undermined public and parliamentary support for Ramsay MacDonald's first Labour government.
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D.
Temple–Bentley controversy
The Temple–Bentley controversy was a late 17th-century scholarly dispute over the authenticity and dating of classical texts that became a focal point in the broader quarrel between Ancients and Moderns in English literary culture.
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E.
Pittsburgh Agreement debates
The Pittsburgh Agreement debates were political discussions and disputes among Slovak leaders and activists over the interpretation and implementation of the 1918 Pittsburgh Agreement, particularly regarding Slovak autonomy within the newly formed Czechoslovakia.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
Marxist historical controversy
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debate in economic history ⓘ historiographical debate ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
commercialization model of the rise of capitalism
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demographic models of economic development ⓘ world-systems theory explanations of capitalism ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
primacy of social-property relations
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role of class conflict in historical change ⓘ |
| field |
European social history
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Marxist economic history ⓘ agrarian history ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
English path to capitalism
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agrarian class structure ⓘ class struggle in the countryside ⓘ continental European agrarian structures ⓘ demographic explanations of economic change ⓘ enclosure in England ⓘ market-centered explanations of capitalism ⓘ peasant–landlord relations ⓘ regional differentiation within Europe ⓘ relations of production in agriculture ⓘ serfdom and its decline ⓘ |
| geographicFocus |
Central Europe
NERFINISHED
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Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ England NERFINISHED ⓘ France NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
comparative regional analysis
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interpretation of English enclosures ⓘ links between political and economic power ⓘ methodological individualism vs structural analysis ⓘ periodization of feudalism and capitalism ⓘ relationship between town and countryside ⓘ role of markets vs class relations ⓘ role of peasant agency ⓘ transition debates within Marxism ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Alex Callinicos
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Arnost Klima NERFINISHED ⓘ Benno Teschke NERFINISHED ⓘ Brennan Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Post NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Wickham NERFINISHED ⓘ Colin Mooers NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellen Meiksins Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ Erik Olin Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ G. E. M. de Ste. Croix NERFINISHED ⓘ George Comninel NERFINISHED ⓘ Giovanni Arrighi NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Bois NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ Immanuel Wallerstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Jairus Banaji NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hatcher NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice Dobb NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Postan NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul M. Sweezy NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Sweezy NERFINISHED ⓘ Perry Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Albritton NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Brenner NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Brenner school ⓘ Rodney Hilton NERFINISHED ⓘ T. H. Aston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyWork |
Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-Industrial Europe
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Past and Present articles on agrarian class structure ⓘ The Brenner Debate: Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-Industrial Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublicationForm |
edited volumes
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journal articles ⓘ monographs ⓘ |
| influenced |
Marxist theories of the state
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Political Marxism NERFINISHED ⓘ comparative studies of European feudalism ⓘ debates on uneven and combined development ⓘ historiography of early modern Europe ⓘ social-property relations approach ⓘ studies of English agrarian capitalism ⓘ studies of agrarian transitions in the Global South ⓘ theory of capitalist social relations ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Robert Brenner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
development of capitalism
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origins of capitalism ⓘ transition from feudalism to capitalism ⓘ |
| originatedIn |
1970s
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journal Past and Present ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Dobb–Sweezy debate
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agrarian capitalism ⓘ capitalist social relations ⓘ class struggle in rural society ⓘ enclosure movement ⓘ feudalism ⓘ neo-Smithian Marxism NERFINISHED ⓘ serfdom ⓘ transition debate in Marxism ⓘ world-systems theory ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
early modern Europe
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late medieval Europe ⓘ |
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