• In political science, despotism (Greek: Δεσποτισμός, romanized: despotismós) is a form of government in which a single entity rules with absolute power...
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  • Oriental despotism refers to the Western view of Asian societies as politically or morally more susceptible to despotic rule, and therefore different...
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  • Enlightened absolutism, also called enlightened despotism, refers to the conduct and policies of European absolute monarchs during the 18th and early...
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  • Muscovite absolutism,[i] Muscovite despotism,[j][k] Russian despotism,[l] tsarist despotism[m] or imperial despotism.[n] Ivan III (reigned 1462–1505) built...
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  • Oriental Despotism: A Comparative Study of Total Power is a book of political theory and comparative history by Karl August Wittfogel (1896–1988) published...
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  • degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called 'hard despotism') in the sense that it is not obvious to the people. Soft despotism gives people...
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  • A hydraulic empire, also known as a hydraulic despotism, hydraulic society, hydraulic civilization, or water monopoly empire, is a social or government...
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    and discovered similarities between absolute monarchy and bureaucratic despotism. With the translation of Confucian texts during the Enlightenment, the...
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    The New Despotism is a book written by the Lord Hewart, Lord Chief Justice of England, and published in 1929 by Ernest Benn Limited. Hewart described...
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    1960? Class Structure and Total Power in Oriental Despotism, 1960 A Stronger Oriental Despotism, 1960 The Russian and Chinese Revolutions: A Socio-Historical...
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    Rosefielde states that the standard of living declined due to Stalin's despotism. While there was a brief improvement after his death, it lapsed into stagnation...
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    National Biography, Volumes 1–20, 22 Fry, Michael (1992). The Dundas Despotism. Edinburgh Univ Pr. pp. 62–65, 141. ISBN 978-0748603527. "Henry Dundas'...
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  • Deliver Us from Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism is a 2004 best-selling book by conservative political commentator and media personality...
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  • for such phenomena as aggressive war, ethnic cleansing, genocide, and despotism. During World War II, Łobaczewski worked for the Polish Home Army, an...
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    plebiscite," "absolutist rule decked out in the spirit of the age," and "soft despotism." Local and regional administration was reformed to concentrate power...
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    Justice in its broadest sense is the concept that individuals are to be treated in a manner that is fair. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy...
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    Michael (2009). Orientalism and Islam: European Thinkers on Oriental Despotism in the Middle East and India. New York: Cambridge University Press. p...
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    Abd al-Hafid of Morocco (Arabic: عبد الحفيظ بن الحسن العلوي) or Moulay Abdelhafid (24 February 1875 – 4 April 1937) (Arabic: عبد الحفيظ) was the Sultan...
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    while preserving the forms of popular government, so that even under despotism the people learned the ways of liberty. When the dictatorship [of the...
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    it depicted a chariot drawn by horses preparing "to crush Anarchy and Despotism". Inside the monument, a permanent exhibition, conceived by artist Maurice...
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    cardinals, or prince-electors). Other forms of autocracy include tyranny, despotism, and dictatorship. Aristocracy is a form of government that places power...
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  • d'état. Autocracy was among the earliest forms of government. It began as despotism, which existed throughout the ancient world in the form of chiefdoms,...
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