Macedon-by his death he had installed his despotic rule throughout Greece 4. Alexander-was motivated by the desire for personal power and glory 5. Despotism-absolute power- of authority of rulers who represented themselves as at least semi-divine 6. Hellenistic age government- the dominant form in lands conquered by Alexander except mainland Greece was despotism 7. Hellen economics- was generally prosperous owing to the growth of trade‚ the emergence of an international money economy‚ & rice of cities
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anyone he considers inferior. Therefore‚ when he is threatened by Makhaya and Gilbert‚ he acts arrogantly and without consideration for the potential they offer to the community he is supposed to lead. Matenge is ultimately undone because of his despotism and ruthless disregard for his villagers. Even his own brother is relieved by his death. Matenge is the main antagonist in the story. He is the sub- chief and ruler of Golema Mmidi‚ but also the brother of paramount chief Sekoto. The sub-chief is
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described by Montesquieu‚ is the separation of powers. He wrote‚ “There can be no liberty where the executive‚ legislative‚ and judicial powers are united in one person or body of persons‚ because such concentration is bound to result in arbitrary despotism.” Limiting the government this way gives liberty to the people‚ which they do not have under Absolutism‚ and prevents the government from consolidating power to one person or group‚ which is the purpose of Absolutism. And if the people believe
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Romanticism was founded as an ideological opposition to the growing support for the empirical and scientific mindset in the 18th century. Similarly‚ the key players in the French Revolution adopted this rebellious way of thinking‚ most evidently through the works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau was a passionate romantic thinker‚ conveying ideas of childhood innocence in Émile‚ ou De l’éducation (Emile‚ or On Education) and idealistic notions of the perfect human society in Discours sur l’origine
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But the Fourth of July‚ Independence Day‚ is something more than just another holiday. It is the birthday of a great idea-not merely the idea of independence‚ not merely the idea of the rights of humankind‚ but also the birthday of a profoundly idealistic and profoundly influential charter of liberty. The revolution signaled by the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia on July 4‚ 1776‚ laid down the principles which have been the foundation stones of human progress ever since-the
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Reflecting back upon the 19th century‚ Actor Mark Rydell wrote‚ “There’s evidence of a social decline in direct proportion to technology and the industrialization of the motion picture industry” (Rydell). This statement echoes the words of Karl Marx‚ who wrote The Communist Manifesto in 1848 in response to industrialization and the subsequent decrease in living standards for the working classes of England‚ Germany‚ and France. According to Marx‚ although the bourgeois class was not the first oppressive
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economical situation of my country and improve the education. The economical situation of my country is catastrophic. Even though we have many resorts such as Iron‚ oil and Fiche. Mauritania is the 3 rd richest country in fish but because of the despotism‚ nepotism and favoritism the people of the country have not benefited of that resort. We also have oil and iron. The longest train in the world is in Mauritania but it is pointless unfortunately. For instance‚ instead of transporting the iron it
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Democracy and accurately summarize the two perspectives I will be arguing; Hal Draper (1978) states ‘Marx’s socialism maybe most quickly defined‚ as the complete democratization of society‚ not merely of political forms‚’ and Joseph Femia ‘Communist despotism was a logical consequence of Marxist theory.’ In the first part of the essay‚ I will outline Marx’s theory of the state and democracy which supports the argument that Marxism is not theoretically anti-democratic. In the second part of the essay
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It is not our frowning battlements‚ our bristling sea coats‚ our army and our navy . . . Our defense is in the spirit which prized liberty as the heritage of all men‚ in all lands everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism at your own doors. Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them (World Book Encyclopedia). He lost his campaign for the Senate‚ but during the debates with his opponent Stephen Douglas‚ he became
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"The doctrine of self government is right-absolutely and externally right" Abraham Lincoln stated concerning of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. "When the white man governs himself‚ and also governs another man‚ that is more than self-government‚ that is despotism. If the negro is a man‚ why then my ancient faith teaches me that all men are created equal" remarked Lincoln in his Kansas-Nebraska speech. Which comes into the third main tactic; Show that African Americans were people and citizens. To Humanize
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