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... feudal mode of production itself , he is , at the same time , equally concerned to emphasise the feudal nature of the absolutist state . Not once does he move from a view of absolutism as essentially ' a redeployed and recharged ...
... feudal mode of production itself , he is , at the same time , equally concerned to emphasise the feudal nature of the absolutist state . Not once does he move from a view of absolutism as essentially ' a redeployed and recharged ...
Page 65
... feudal mode . On the contrary , it was , as both Marx and Weber recognised , a necessary corollary of the latter . 13 And secondly , it should be emphasised that it is precisely the progressive dissolution of feudal relations of ...
... feudal mode . On the contrary , it was , as both Marx and Weber recognised , a necessary corollary of the latter . 13 And secondly , it should be emphasised that it is precisely the progressive dissolution of feudal relations of ...
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... feudal monarchy from the feudal- estates monarchy which preceded it ; but the ruling class remained the same.'26 The prime function of the feudal state was , of course , the repression , not of the bourgeoisie , but rather of the ...
... feudal monarchy from the feudal- estates monarchy which preceded it ; but the ruling class remained the same.'26 The prime function of the feudal state was , of course , the repression , not of the bourgeoisie , but rather of the ...
Contents
The World Vision of Revolutionary Independency | 50 |
The English Revolutionary Crisis | 60 |
Reason Triumphant | 94 |
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