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Numbed and Satiated: Brueggemann on Egypt and America (Audio)

Political Philosophy

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Is There Affluence in the Egyptian Empire?

A system of tax districts to establish top-down control over the empire, a large bureaucracy for the same reason. A standing army so that the people don't have a direct palpable stake in the war footing of the empire. He says a fascination with human reason which became sort of a faith in the power of human reason and conscripted labor for massive building projects.

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