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The State

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Manufacturer: Black Rose Books

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Over 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 exact tribute in the form of taxes from the conquered. Furthermore, he argues, the State can have originated in no other way than through conquest and subjugation, 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 Vikings to the modern day.  

 
The State affects the most mundane as well as the most important aspects of our lives. As a powerful, sprawling institution it shapes the other major institutions of society and reaches into our most personal everyday affairs. Yet, little of importance has been written on the State in terms of its nature and development. In this significant, but long-neglected, classic, Franz Oppenheimer develops his libertarian ideas on the origin and future of the State.
 
Written by Franz Oppenheimer, published by Black Rose Books.

Product Code: 9781551643007

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