The Oppenheimer, Franz 1864-1943 creator Gitterman, John M. (John Milton) text utu 2016 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The State: Its History and Development Viewed Sociologically" by Franz Oppenheimer is a sociological work published in 1907. Oppenheimer challenges the conventional view of the state as a social contract, instead arguing it emerged through conquest and exploitation. He distinguishes between "economic means"—honest labor—and "political means"—forcible appropriation of others' labor. The state, he contends, is fundamentally an organization of political means, designed to perpetuate the dominance of conquerors over the conquered through systematic economic exploitation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_State_(book) Release date is 2016-03-24 Produced by Julie Barkley, Charlie Howard,, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Original publication data not identified State, The JC Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51544 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51544 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134204.0 51544