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Previous chapter From Society to State Rhythms Mauss and Evans-Pritchard provided also a few hints concerning the transition from societies in which politics was immanent in trade and conflict rhythms to more complex ones in which an embryo of state power had already emerged. During this intermediary stage, the latter still partly followed the rhythms of society. Mauss noted that when, in archaic societies, authority was embodied in the form of chieftaincy or kingship, it was not always - Etudes chinoises – Nouvel article