In political science, despotism (Greek: Δεσποτισμός, romanized: despotismós) is a form of government in which a single entity rules with absolute power... 9 KB (1,104 words) - 04:16, 29 April 2024 |
Oriental despotism refers to the Western view of Asian societies as politically or morally more suspectible to despotic rule, and therefore different... 2 KB (148 words) - 04:16, 29 April 2024 |
Oriental Despotism: A Comparative Study of Total Power is a book of political theory and comparative history by Karl August Wittfogel (1896–1988) published... 33 KB (3,921 words) - 11:00, 28 March 2024 |
Enlightened absolutism (redirect from Enlightened despotism) Enlightened absolutism, also called enlightened despotism, refers to the conduct and policies of European absolute monarchs during the 18th and early... 20 KB (2,289 words) - 17:08, 13 December 2023 |
Tsarist autocracy (redirect from Russian despotism) Muscovite absolutism,[i] Muscovite despotism,[j][k] Russian despotism,[l] tsarist despotism[m] or imperial despotism.[n] Ivan III (reigned 1462–1505) built... 24 KB (2,812 words) - 14:52, 21 January 2024 |
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... 6 KB (835 words) - 14:35, 26 March 2024 |
Hydraulic empire (redirect from Hydraulic despotism) A hydraulic empire, also known as a hydraulic despotism, hydraulic society, hydraulic civilization, or water monopoly empire, is a social or government... 10 KB (1,312 words) - 21:31, 9 April 2024 |
Bureaucracy (redirect from Bureaucratic despotism) and discovered similarities between absolute monarchy and bureaucratic despotism. With the translation of Confucian texts during the Enlightenment, the... 60 KB (7,056 words) - 09:42, 4 May 2024 |
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... 3 KB (373 words) - 09:09, 1 March 2023 |
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (redirect from Dundas Despotism) National Biography, Volumes 1–20, 22 Fry, Michael (1992). The Dundas Despotism. Edinburgh Univ Pr. pp. 62–65, 141. ISBN 978-0748603527. "Henry Dundas'... 66 KB (6,297 words) - 16:52, 20 February 2024 |