What are the various components of a mode of production?

The various components of mode of production are being discussed below –

Productive forces: It includes all the factors of production like land, labour, technology, and capital.


Production relations: It includes all the economic relationships and the forms of labour organisations involved in the production process.


Superstructure: It includes the ideas and beliefs of people involved in the production process and also includes religion, art, law, etc.


Class structure: The class structure is created on the basis of relations to the mode of production. The capital provider or the owners of the means of production becomes the capitalist, higher class and the labour working for wages becomes the working class.


Class conflicts: The production process results in formation of class from where the class conflict is generated. However, it also depends upon the political and social conditions.


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