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... totalitarian or quasi- totalitarian , has cast a fresh light on the earliest similar assemblages . The institution of kingship , as Henri Frankfort , its brilliant modern interpreter , pointed out , is one of the early innovations to ...
... totalitarian or quasi- totalitarian , has cast a fresh light on the earliest similar assemblages . The institution of kingship , as Henri Frankfort , its brilliant modern interpreter , pointed out , is one of the early innovations to ...
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... totalitarian states , whether ' democratic ' or ' communist . ' This dictum - the first clear expression of what in present - day political systems is known as the ' party line ' or the ' consensus ' - lessens the im- portance , in this ...
... totalitarian states , whether ' democratic ' or ' communist . ' This dictum - the first clear expression of what in present - day political systems is known as the ' party line ' or the ' consensus ' - lessens the im- portance , in this ...
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... totalitarian control . Not the least affiliation of kingship with the worship of the sun was the fact that the king , like the sun , exerted force at a distance . For the first time in history , power became effective outside the ...
... totalitarian control . Not the least affiliation of kingship with the worship of the sun was the fact that the king , like the sun , exerted force at a distance . For the first time in history , power became effective outside the ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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