The State: Its History and Development Viewed Sociologically by Franz Oppenheimer
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"The State: Its History and Development Viewed Sociologically" by Franz Oppenheimer is a sociological work published in 1907. Oppenheimer challenges the conventional view of the state as a social contract, instead arguing it emerged through conquest and exploitation. He distinguishes between "economic means"—honest labor—and "political means"—forcible appropriation of others' labor. The state, he contends, is fundamentally an organization of political means, designed to perpetuate the dominance of conquerors over the conquered through
systematic economic exploitation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Oppenheimer, Franz, 1864-1943 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Gitterman, John M. (John Milton) |
| Uniform Title | Der Staat. English |
| Title | The State: Its History and Development Viewed Sociologically |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_State_(book) |
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Produced by Julie Barkley, Charlie Howard,, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 53.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | JC: Political science: Political theory |
| Subject | State, The |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 51544 |
| Release Date | Mar 24, 2016 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 608 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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