| Titre | L'analyse physiocratique des rapports entre la ville et la campagne | |
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| Auteur | Catherine Larrère | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 49-50, 1973 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | L'urbanisation des campagnes |
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| Page | 42-68 | |
| Résumé anglais |
The Physiocratic Analysis of Town and Country Relations.
This article deals with Quesnay's physiocratic theories and his attempts to eliminate, by the generalization of capitalism, the antagonism characteristic of urban-rural relations. To rescue the countryside from the misery inflicted by Colbert's mercantilism, he advocated the creation of a capitalistic form of agriculture. In the theoretical analysis leading to the elaboration of this program, town and country antagonism seems to be associated with a certain phase of capitalistic development, and thus bound to disappear as capitalism evolves. Quesnay analyzed capitalistic production in its pure state, formalizing a theory of capitalism in general, rather than a theory of a particular form of agricultural capitalism. Quesnay was also engaged in a controversy with the mercantilists and denounced their policies of urban and industrial expansion. For him, the nation, in order to achieve a harmonious economic cycle, should rely on the countryside and agriculture, not on the town and mercantilism, an urban, colonialist, marginal, form of capitalism. Quesnay announced the maturity of capitalism, which he saw as a means of ending town and country antagonism. Although his projects were never realized and are not entirely realizable, his efforts are of interest for he recognized the necessity of placing urban-rural antagonism in a general theory of social relations. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1973_num_49_1_1862 |
