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Denomination of single-rulers of Archaic Greece in written sources [PDF]
In the present paper the author analyses the evidence of the archaic Greek lyrics containing mentions of tyrants and tyranny and presents her version of the answer to the question who and why were called tyrants by the Greeks in the archaic period.
Solomatina, Elena Ivanovna
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Donald Trump’s presidency resulted in several accusations of tyrannical intent. The end of his term of office and particularly the rioting of January 6th, 2021 and the denial of the Presidential election results did little to dispel those accusations ...
O'Donoghue, A.
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The Concept of Law in Pre-Constitutional Times: The Views of Mirza Malkam Khan Nazim Al-dawla [PDF]
IntroductionLaw has been a central concept throughout different periods of pre-constitutional reforms, reflecting the different stages of Iranian constitutionalism.
Abbasali Kadkhodaei, Mahdiyeh Firoozi
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What Makes a Demagogue? The Figure of the Rhetor in the Closing Years of the Peloponnesian War
It is usual to associate the word “demagogue” with bad political leadership. At worst, it is also usual to think about a leader that uses deception and feeds on the more primal emotions of the people to get what he wants.
Tomás Pacheco Bethencourt
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Sous l’empire de la folie : Moby-Dick, Shakespeare & compagnie
This article aims at translating Moby-Dick back into Shakespeare’s ornate lingo, and back again into a Swiftian or Sternian brand of “jabberwocky,” in order to expose the sheer nonsense that underlies lame attempts at standing for the Body Politic called
Michel Imbert
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Indirection and the Rhetoric of Tyranny: Carl Schmitt's The Tyranny of Values 1960–1967 [PDF]
This article situates Carl Schmitt's The Tyranny of Values (1960/1967/1979) within the context of Schmitt's 1940s and 1950s op-ed campaign for full amnesty for Nazi war criminals as well as the context of the Veit ...
Zeitlin, SG
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THE CONCEPT OF STATE ADMINISTRATION BY N. MACHIAVELLI
The article shows the key types of state structure in countries of the Ancient world and Medieval Europe, describes their advantages and disadvantages and investigates the round of different forms of state power. Frequent state transformations could lead
Alexander V. Butov
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Jurisprudential Rethinking in the Principle of the Prohibition of Double Punishment [PDF]
The principle of the prohibition of double punishment is one of the accepted principles of criminal law, according to which every crime should only be punished once. This rule is accepted by Islam and it is imperative to abide.
Sayyed Mohsen Aziz +3 more
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Écriture, tyrannies et pouvoir tyrannique. Emprunts et polémiques chez Hérodote
The VI and V century Greece, the circles of scientists, poets and philosophers were engaged in arguments, in conflicts of interpretation in which soon got involved the early prose writers, authors of historiographic works.
Pascal Payen
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Plato and Xenophon had different perspectives on the better governance. In this paper, I study the notion of tyranny in Plato's Republic and Xenophon's Hiero to trace their views on the aptitude of philosophy to redeem the tyrant and indicate some ...
Claudia Marsico
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