The Emergence of Tyranny Without Traditional Kingship

Glassman, Ronald M.

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Ronald M. Glassman²

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Abstract

The Greek city-states were unique in that there was no traditional kingship or priesthood. During the transition to democracy—with disorder created by aristocrats, oligarchs, and democrats—tyrants arose to restore order. This was purely personal rule—dictatorship—based on military and police violence. The tyrants ruled through charisma, power and terror. Plato and Aristotle described tyranny as “the worst form of government”—in The Republic and Politics.

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Glassman, R.M. (2021). The Emergence of Tyranny Without Traditional Kingship. In: Can Democracy Survive in the 21st Century?. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76821-8_16

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