The Contractual State

History of Political Thought 8 (3):395 (1987)
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Abstract

Recent archaeological discoveries show ancient, and particularly Near Eastern society to have been supremely contractual, while Mediterranean society was historically characterized by strong family structures, challenging the 19th century evolutionary Status-to-Contract canon.

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Patricia Springborg
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