重议生产方式——政治经济学对象拓宽谈

Rethinking the Concept of Mode of Production: Towards an Extension of Object of Political Economy

生产方式是马克思经济学的首要对象。生产关系是适应生产方式而产生、存在和发展的。生产力不等同于生产方式,前者回答的是人使用什么物质要素进行生产的问题,后者则是回答这两种要素怎样结合的问题。当代生产方式的自然性质发生了划时代的改变,其社会性质也相应发生了变化。我们应该根据由此产生的新现象、新问题,坚持《资本论》基本范畴,探讨原来范畴的新内涵,探索崭新的范畴概念,并把它们纳入理论范畴的逻辑体系,才有希望推进马克思主义政治经济学的新发展。

Mode of production (MOP) is the primary object of Marxist economics, which regards production relations as evolving, existing, and developing according to certain modes of production. Productive forces are not equal to modes of production, the former answering the question of what material elements are involved in production while the latter answer the question of how to combine the material elements with production. Contemporary modes of production have undergone epoch-making changes in both natural and social terms. These changes result in new phenomena and problems. It is argued that the basic categories expounded in The Capital be adhered to when we explore the new contents of those categories and conceptualize new categories to be included in the logic system of theoretical categories. Only in this way can we hope to promote a further development of Marxist political economy. 