TY - JOUR

T1 - Socialist Agrarian Utopia in the 1920-s: Chayanov

AU - Raskov, Danila

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - The specific focus of this paper is to re-examine two agrarian utopias of Alexander Chayanov (1888–1937): mostly The Journey of my Brother Alexei to the Land of the Peasant Utopia (1920) and partly the scientific prediction of the future development of agriculture The Possibilities of Agriculture (1928), in the context of the discussion of socialism and in particular Chayanov’s theory of non-capitalist economic systems (1924). The manifestation of peasant socialism that he envisages, with a form of economic organization that is based on total cooperation and inspired by the criticism of extreme coercion related to proletarian socialism (alongside his thoughts on the new paths to the large-scale collective organization of agriculture), providesus with new insights into Chayanov’s economic thinking. The paper discusses the role of the family in Chayanov’s peasant utopia. The answers to “uncomfortable” theoretical questions about the worker’s incentives, the use of coercion and the emergence of a new elite appea

AB - The specific focus of this paper is to re-examine two agrarian utopias of Alexander Chayanov (1888–1937): mostly The Journey of my Brother Alexei to the Land of the Peasant Utopia (1920) and partly the scientific prediction of the future development of agriculture The Possibilities of Agriculture (1928), in the context of the discussion of socialism and in particular Chayanov’s theory of non-capitalist economic systems (1924). The manifestation of peasant socialism that he envisages, with a form of economic organization that is based on total cooperation and inspired by the criticism of extreme coercion related to proletarian socialism (alongside his thoughts on the new paths to the large-scale collective organization of agriculture), providesus with new insights into Chayanov’s economic thinking. The paper discusses the role of the family in Chayanov’s peasant utopia. The answers to “uncomfortable” theoretical questions about the worker’s incentives, the use of coercion and the emergence of a new elite appea

KW - Chayanov (Alexander)

KW - utopia

KW - socialism

KW - family

KW - peasant economy

KW - incentives

M3 - Article

VL - 4

SP - 123

EP - 146

JO - OEconomia

JF - OEconomia

SN - 2113-5207

IS - 2

ER -