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- W410996865 abstract "Identifying early civilizations for comparative study requires ascertaining the general features that distinguish them from both simpler and more complex societies. Such criteria do not constitute an ‘ideal type’, which, according to Max Weber (1949), seeks to order reality by selecting and accentuating certain elements of it. Instead, they identify a natural but not necessarily exclusive category within which it is possible to conduct a more detailed study of differences and similarities. Nevertheless, even postulating such a category as ‘early civilizations’ attracts charges of subjectivity and ethnocentric bias. Do early civilizations constitute a natural class that is susceptible to the kind of comparative study I am proposing? Does degree of complexity have any real meaning? Is it possible to measure complexity objectively? Do not fundamental historical differences render all societies inappropriate for comparative analysis? Extreme relativists would answer the last question with a resounding yes." @default.
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- W410996865 title "Defining ‘Early Civilization’" @default.
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