Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 329)

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Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 329)

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Main scope of our enquiry have not been sufficiently developed. The
first deals with the relationship between the dominant settler
(capitalist) class and the colonial state. Traditional Marxists tend
to view the state as a mechanism for the reproduction, expansion, and
consolidation of the dominant mode of production, and consequenly
perceive of the relationship between the settler capitalist class and
the colonial state as generally a harmoneous one grounded in mutual
co-operation. Based on some findings related to late 1930s and early
1940s in Palestine, we suggest (Chapter V) that the course of this
relationship was undergoing important changes. One potential area for
further research would be the emergence, for example, of the "Haganah"
(later, the Israeli Defence Forces) as a military apparatus which
eventually challenged the authority of the British government In a
violent manner.
The other issue which was not within the immediate focus of our
study, yet one of great importance both conceptually and in terms of
its empirical implications, is the relationship between the indigenous
Arab and the European (Jewish) working classes. For, unlike the
Classic Marxist approach to the question of the nature of class
conflicts and contradictions, our study (Chapter Six) suggest that
class conflicts and antagonisms were not only between labourers and
capitalists but were among working classes (Jewish and Arab) as well.
One potential area for further investigation would be, the extra-
economic factors, namely, political, ideological, ethnic (national)
and family involved in class formations and struggles of a transitory
economy.
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Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation

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Nahla Abdo-Zubi

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