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This paper has been translated by Robert Strauss. It is a shortened version of a book in German which is four times as long and contains an extensive bibliography and footnotes. The book, which is by Klaus Eder, is called: Die Entstehung vorkapitalistischer Klassengesellschaften. Ein Beitrag zur Konstruktion einer Theorie der soziokulturellen Evolution. MS, MPIL, Starnberg, 1975 (forthcoming).
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Habermas, J. Towards a reconstruction of historical materialism. Theor Soc 2, 287–300 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00212739
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