Quand les économistes traitaient de la question agraire

Abstract

Agriculture has always been a particular subject of analysis in the field of Marxian economics, not only because of its evolution in the context of industrial capitalism but also because of the place of farmers in the class struggle. From Marx to Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg on the way, the agricultural sector has always been a very part of the critical analysis of capitalism. In France, whether or not the agricultural sector would be absorbed in the capitalist mode of production was a real subject of debate during ten years within the academic community as well as among militants. The ebb of Marxian thought as critical thinking in general, extinguished the intellectual ardor of the economists and the activists that once studied the problems raised by agriculture. This article intends to return to this singular episode which, although intense, was short-lived.

Keywords

• agriculture
• French economic thought
• agricultural policy