Western Europe, State Formation, and Genetic Pacification
Through its monopoly on violence, the State tends to pacify social relations. Such pacification proceeded slowly in Western Europe between the 5 th and 11 th centuries, being hindered by the rudimentary nature of law enforcement, the belief in a man's right to settle personal disputes as he saw...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491501300114 |