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Power and rule, civilisations and the modern political dimension: parallelism, convergence and divergence in social evolution

José Maurício DominguesIESP-UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 174-199 | Received 04 Mar 2021, Accepted 10 Dec 2021, Published online: 19 Jan 2022

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