- In
political science,
despotism (Gr****: 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...
- 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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Oriental Despotism: A
Comparative Study of
Total Power is a book of
political theory and
comparative history by Karl
August Wittfogel (1896–1988) published...
- and
discovered similarities between absolute monarchy and
bureaucratic despotism. With the
translation of
Confucian texts during the Enlightenment, the...
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gradually developed during the 17th and 18th centuries,
replacing the
despotism of the
Grand Duchy of Moscow.
After the
chaotic Time of
Troubles (1598–1613)...
- The
concept of
legal despotism (French:
despotisme légal)
formed part of the
basis of the 18th
century French physiocrats'
political doctrine, developed...
- A
hydraulic empire, also
known as a
hydraulic despotism,
hydraulic society,
hydraulic civilization, or
water monopoly empire, is a
social or government...
- 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...
