Tribal societies needed stronger leadership to defend themselves, retain access to grazing land, and develop the ability to raid villages and cities. (In Freudian theory) a hypothetical patriarchal unit of prehistoric human social organization.Īlso, chiefdom is somewhat used in this sense in the history for the tribal societies which are ruled by warrior chieftains: In anthropology and in Freudian theory, the ancient tribes which were ruled by strongest males are called primal horde and this kind of ruling has the early senses of patriarchy. It was necessary to impose rules with the increasing populations and needs. People needed to be ruled by something more than physical power. The rise of agriculture began to change that mindset. ![]() In ancient times, when people were hunters and gatherers, tribes were small and ruled by the strongest male. Throughout the history, changing social structures and cultural evolution created specific forms of leaderships which turned into governments. The strongest man in some form or other will always rule. Is there a proper word for this form of rule? If not, what would be an appropriate word to invent, in line with the current convention? 'Might' or 'Strength' may be more appropriate, but that would be something like dynamis -> 'Dynamocracy', which also sounds silly. ![]() ![]() The Greek word for power is kratos, but 'Kratocracy' seems like a ludicrous word ("power power"). The only existing word that is close to what I want is 'Stratocracy' (from στρατός, stratos, 'army'), which is rule by the military, but that seems like a different concept. The usual words for forms of government are derived from Greek words suffixed with -archy (ἄρχω, árkhō, "to rule") or -cracy (κρατέω, krateo, "to have power over"), as in: I'm doing some research for a story and I'm trying to find the correct word for a form of government where the best fighter or the strongest person leads the rest.
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