Stages

(Marxism modes)

Technological

revolution

Entity

boundary

Worldview

Source of politics

Religion

Interdependent hunter- gatherer linked band (primitive communism)

Upper Paleolithic

Hunter-gatherer band

rigid

egalitarian territorialism

Instincts

animism, afterlife, shamanism

Split pastoral- agrarian tribe (slave state)

Pastoral

Nomadic pastoral-trade tribe (nationalism)

rigid

competitive territorialism

Instincts

High gods and

Ancestor worship

Agricultural

Settled agrarian

tribe (nationalism)

rigid

cooperative

territorialism

Instincts

High gods and

Ancestor worship

Split individualistic -collectivistic nation

(feudalism)

Bronze

Individualistic feudal

nation

flexible

individualism

core

Rule of Law

Polytheism

collectivism

complement

Rule of Relation

Bronze

Collectivistic authoritarian nation

flexible

collectivism

core

Rule of relation

Polytheism

individualism

complement

Rule of law

Split individualistic -collectivistic mega nation (capitalism)

Iron

Individual capitalist

mega nation

flexible

Individualism

Core

Rule of law + Liberty

Monotheism

Collectivism

Complement

Rule of relation +

division of professional

Iron

Collectivistic meritocratic mega nation

flexible

collectivism

core

Rule of relation +

division of professional

Henotheism

Individualism

Complement

Rule of law +

liberty

Split individualistic -collectivistic

democracy

(communism)

Industrial

Individual liberty

Democracy

flexible

Individualism

Core

Rule of law +

liberty + affluence

Individualistic religious pluralism

Collectivism

Complement

Rule of relation +

division of professional + affluence