TABLE OF CONTENTS 
EDITORIAL NOTE 
FOREWORD 
INTRODUCTION 
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RT I: ON THE NECESSITY OF SOCIALISM 
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A. THE MARXIAN METHOD 
The Marxian Methodology — An Outline of the Idealizational 
Interpretation 
2. To Surpass Marx with the Aid of His Methodology 
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B. THE MARXIAN AMBIGUITY. A PROPOSAL FOR A 
NON-MARXIAN THEORY OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC FORMATION 
3. The Ambiguity of Marxian Historical Materialism 
4. The Marxian Ambiguity: An Attempt at a Solution. A Non- 
Marxian Theory of Socio-Economic Formation (Model I) 32 
The Peculiarity of Slavery: The Development through Luxury 
(Model 11) 63 
6. The Peculiarity of Feudalism: The Double Cycle (Models I1I-1V) 78 
7. The Peculiarity of Capitalism: An Attempt to Pose the Problem 101 
C. THE LIMITATIONS OF MARX'S DISCOVERIES. 
THE GENERALIZATION OF HISTORICAL MATERIALISM 
8. The Basic Limitation of Marxian Historical Materialism 
9. An Attempt at a Marxist Theory of Power 
10. Generalized Historical Materialism: Some Main Notions 
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