Cultural sustainability and kindship mode of production AMIDST global economy

摘要

Global capitalism made possible the expansion of economic processes that spread to all parts of the world and transformed many regions into economic areas reigned by the principle of free market. ASEAN integration facilitated such process in the region and as a consequence political and state boundaries do not only become porous but also transforms people and communities into either consuming subjects or commodities. Reviewing kinship mode of production as the characteristic nature of production systems of ASEAN communities, the paper argues for possible alternative production organizations and arrangements that are much more culturally attuned to traditional forms of economic life.