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In The Laws, Plato contrasts monarchy and democracy as two archetypal models of constitution based respectively on the principle of leadership and the principle of freedom. In their pure form, the former involves maximum subordination to the power of one, the latter maximum freedom for the many. If,...
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Teoria politica
2026
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| Linkit: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Yhteenveto: | In The Laws, Plato contrasts monarchy and democracy as two archetypal models of constitution based respectively on the principle of leadership and the principle of freedom. In their pure form, the former involves maximum subordination to the power of one, the latter maximum freedom for the many. If, in theory, the principle of the leader and the principle of freedom are diametrically opposed, in history it is not uncommon to encounter the paradoxical phenomenon of the autocrat who becomes such «by popular acclaim», variously classified under the categories of Caesarism, Bonapartism, and populism. Faced with the proliferation of places where aspiring autocrats with grotesque charisma are supported by overwhelming consensus, one wonders whether the future of democracy is not that predicted in a novel by Umberto Eco: a form of despotism achieved through universal suffrage. |
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