But economic interpretations of history are incomplete and
unsatisfying, because man is not simply an economic animal. In
particular, such interpretations cannot really explain why we are
democrats, that is, proponents of the principle of popular sovereignty
and the guarantee of basic rights under a rule of law. It is
for this reason that the book turns to a second, parallel account of
the historical process in Part III, an account that seeks to recover
the whole of man and not just his economic side. To do this, we
return to Hegel and Hegel's non-materialist account of History,
based on the "struggle for recognition.