Feudalism’s social composition determined capitalism’s form

Evidence

The development of capitalism can thus be seen as having been determined in form by the social and ideological composition of a civilization that had assumed its fundamental perspectives during feudalism. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 198

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 198
  • XREF: connects to: Under capitalism the Aristotelian four causes must be refracted through class and commodity structure — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 752; Early industrial market capitalism depended on reciprocal bonds with workers and communities — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 98; Industrial mass society preserved feudal affiliation patterns while substituting bureaucratic anchors — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 106 (+1 more)