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Preface; Theoretical Framework; Weberian Methodology; Aristotelian Theory; Evolutionary Anthropology; Feminist Theory; The Comparative-Historical Framework; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Contents of Volume I; Contents of Volume II; Introduction; States of Nature: Philosophical; Homo Politicus: Humans as Group Animals; The Roman and Chinese Empires; Europe After the Decline of the Roman Empire and the Invasion of the Norse Tribes; The State of Nature; States of Nature: Scientific; Scientific States of Nature: Homo sapiens as Animal and Human Being.
What We Can Learn from the Study of Animals The Politics of Group Animals: Domination, the Pecking Order, Territoriality, and Male-Female Differentiation; Homo sapiens: The Species that Knows; The Special Characteristics of Human Beings; Consciousness and the Human Political Process; The Discussion Group: Democracy Emerges as a Purely Human Process of Politics; The Origins of Democracy; The Discussion Council in Human Bands: Campfire Democracy; The Divergence of Human Politics from Animal Politics; Biological Evolution vs. Human History; History vs. Socio-history.
Human Biological Evolution Human Socio-history Begins; The End of the Ice Age and Its Ramifications; Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers; Tribes, City-States, and Kingly-Bureaucratic Empires; Notes; Part I: The Emergence of Democracy in Bands and Tribes; Section 1: Band Society: Campfire Democracy with Informal Leadership Roles; 1: Civilizational Peculiarities Versus Ideal Typicalities; 2: Social Structure and Conflict Groups; The Band; Territory; Fusion and Fission; Alliances: Reciprocal Exogamous Marriage; Band Versus Family; The Pairing Family and Private Property.
Hunting and The Rise of the All-Male Discussion Council Primitive Democracy; Monopoly of Weapons and Despotism; Control of Gathering Groves and Water Holes and Further Undermining of Female Status; Political Status of the Old; Political Status of The Young; Notes; 3: Political Institutions; Campfire Democracy; The Popular Assembly; The Male Council; The Principle of Unanimity; Rules for Group Cohesion; Legislative Processes; Judicial Processes; Policing; Leadership; Types of Human Leadership; Intelligence; Intersubjective Communication.
Non-Speech Intersubjective Communication Religious Leadership; Task, Charismatic, and Power Leadership; Task Leadership; Charismatic Leadership; One Single Dominant Charismatic Leader?; Charisma: Democratic or Despotic?; Charisma: Transferable, Heritable, Manufacturable, Institutionalizable?; Power Leadership ; The Paradoxes of Power Leadership; Types of Leadership in Band Society; Dispersed Leadership; Charismatic Headmanship; Who Becomes a Headman?; Hereditary Succession to Headmanship; Power Leaders; Notes; 4: Legitimacy; Rational and Irrational Legitimacy.
What We Can Learn from the Study of Animals The Politics of Group Animals: Domination, the Pecking Order, Territoriality, and Male-Female Differentiation; Homo sapiens: The Species that Knows; The Special Characteristics of Human Beings; Consciousness and the Human Political Process; The Discussion Group: Democracy Emerges as a Purely Human Process of Politics; The Origins of Democracy; The Discussion Council in Human Bands: Campfire Democracy; The Divergence of Human Politics from Animal Politics; Biological Evolution vs. Human History; History vs. Socio-history.
Human Biological Evolution Human Socio-history Begins; The End of the Ice Age and Its Ramifications; Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers; Tribes, City-States, and Kingly-Bureaucratic Empires; Notes; Part I: The Emergence of Democracy in Bands and Tribes; Section 1: Band Society: Campfire Democracy with Informal Leadership Roles; 1: Civilizational Peculiarities Versus Ideal Typicalities; 2: Social Structure and Conflict Groups; The Band; Territory; Fusion and Fission; Alliances: Reciprocal Exogamous Marriage; Band Versus Family; The Pairing Family and Private Property.
Hunting and The Rise of the All-Male Discussion Council Primitive Democracy; Monopoly of Weapons and Despotism; Control of Gathering Groves and Water Holes and Further Undermining of Female Status; Political Status of the Old; Political Status of The Young; Notes; 3: Political Institutions; Campfire Democracy; The Popular Assembly; The Male Council; The Principle of Unanimity; Rules for Group Cohesion; Legislative Processes; Judicial Processes; Policing; Leadership; Types of Human Leadership; Intelligence; Intersubjective Communication.
Non-Speech Intersubjective Communication Religious Leadership; Task, Charismatic, and Power Leadership; Task Leadership; Charismatic Leadership; One Single Dominant Charismatic Leader?; Charisma: Democratic or Despotic?; Charisma: Transferable, Heritable, Manufacturable, Institutionalizable?; Power Leadership ; The Paradoxes of Power Leadership; Types of Leadership in Band Society; Dispersed Leadership; Charismatic Headmanship; Who Becomes a Headman?; Hereditary Succession to Headmanship; Power Leaders; Notes; 4: Legitimacy; Rational and Irrational Legitimacy.