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On November 23, 1407, the premeditated murder of king Charles’ brother Louis d’Orléans by the henchmen of their cousin John of Burgundy puts the question of the tyrant and tyrannicide at the center of intellectual debates.
Lucie Jollivet
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On resistance: As evinced in Iranian political affairs
Abstract Along with fundamental rights such as liberty and property, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in 1789 also envisions a right to resist oppression. Irrespective of one's place on the political spectrum, resistance has been employed as an alternative both to submission and to revolt. After briefly sketching a historical and
Omid P. Shabani
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Milton’s defence of tyrannicide appeared in a complex political context, when several interpretations of the trial of King Charles I competed for preeminence.
Mario Turchetti
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Cette étude porte sur la réception et l’interprétation du De rege de Juan de Mariana, dès le début du XVIIe siècle jusqu’à l’orée de l’époque contemporaine, aussi bien en Espagne qu’en France. Nous nous attachons à montrer, d’une part, dans quelle mesure
Alicia Oïffer-Bomsel
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Dostoïevski dans la presse belge (1875-1900)
The discovery of Dostoevsky’s work in Belgium helped discuss social issues such as criminality, prison policy, justice, art history, etc. The vogue for Slavic novels led to a general discussion over the connections between socialism, materialism ...
Daniel Droixhe
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El De rege de Juan de Mariana (1599) y la cuestión del tiranicidio: ¿un discurso de ruptura?
Juan de Mariana’s De rege and regis institutione, first published in 1599, is frequently described as a daring or scandalous treaty, and this opinion is generally connected with the treatment of tyrannicide in the first part of the book and especially in
Alexandra Merle
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Allá van leyes do quieren reyes (Guillén de Castro): poder absoluto y desengaño
Guillén de Castro’s play, Allá van leyes do quieren reyes, written circa 1600, features a despot who authoritatively cancels the wedding of one of his vassals so that he can marry his wife. It is an unremitting demonstration of the absolute power of the
Nathalie Peyrebonne
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Des usages de l’histoire dans le De rege et regis institutione
Dans le De rege et regis institutione qu’il publia en 1599 après l’avoir composé pour le futur Philippe III, Juan de Mariana, non content d’accorder la plus grande importance à l’histoire dans l’éducation du prince, suivant en cela la pensée de son ...
Alexandra Merle
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My essay proposes a reading of J.G. Ballard’s 1988 novella Running Wild as a cautionary crime story, a parable about the self-fulfilling prophecies of contemporary urban fears and about the “prisons” they create in a consumerist, technology- and media ...
Macsiniuc Cornelia
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