The StateOver the years, many writers have claimed that the State has some kind of noble mission. Few have seen things with such clarity as the German sociologist Franz Oppenheimer. The State, Oppenheimer persuasively argues, is always born in the conquest of one group by another. The conquerors then set themselves up as the government and extract tribute in the form of taxes from the conquered. _x000B_ Furthermore, he argues, the State can have originated in no other way and to advance his argument, he draws on vast historical knowledge with dramatic examples of the beginnings of the State from prehistoric to primitive, from huntsmen to herders, from the Vikings to modern day._x000B_ |
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THEORIES OF THE STATE | 1 |
THE GENESIS OF THE STATE | 12 |
THE PRIMITIVE FEUDAL STATE | 45 |
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The State: Its History and Development Viewed Sociologically Franz Oppenheimer No preview available - 2018 |
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amalgamation barter become capital capitalistic Celts central government central power class theory class-state common freemen concept conflict conquest contest developed feudal differentiation district domination dominion economic means Empire equal especially estates exchange existence exploitation fact fight force foreign Franz Oppenheimer Fulbe genesis German gradually Henceforth herds hordes human huntsmen important interests Karl Marx king landed nobility landed property loot lords Ludwig Gumplowicz maritime mass master class master group merchants Mommsen Morton Fried Murray Rothbard natural neighboring nobility nobles nomads nomic officials Oppenheimer's organization original peace peaceable peasantry peasants plebs political means primitive feudal protection race Randall Collins Ratzel reason robbery rulers ruling class sea nomads serfs slaves social sociology stage Stateless societies subjects subjugated territorial magnate third estate Thurnwald tion trade tribe of herdsmen tribute universal history W. G. Runciman warlike wealth whereby