02690nam 2200565ia 450 991041798880332120210624065009.010.5040/9781474267571(CKB)4100000011457981(OCoLC)1226472019(UkLoBP)t00007(EXLCZ)99410000001145798120190626d2019 uy 0engurcn#---m|a||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCaesarism in the post-revolutionary age crisis, populace and leadership /by: Markus J. PrutschLondon :Bloomsbury Publishing,2019.1 online resource (304 pages)Europe's Legacy in the Modern World1-4742-6757-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Revolution and Crisis -- 3. 'Bonapartism' as Hazard and Promise -- 4. From Bonapartism to Caesarism: The Mid-Century and Louis-Napoleon -- 5. 'Germanic Caesarism' and the Bismarkckreich -- 6. Mass Democracy and 'Scientification': Caesarism at the turn of the Century -- 7. Outlook: Legacies of Caesarism -- 8. Results -- Bibliography -- Index."Debates about the legitimacy and 'essence' of political rule and the search for 'ideal' forms of government have been at the very heart of political thought ever since antiquity. Caesarism in the Post-Revolutionary Age explores the complex relationship between democracy and dictatorship from the 18th century onwards. More concretely, it assesses how democracy emerged as something compatible with dictatorship, both at the level of political thought and practice"--Provided by publisher.Europe's legacy in the modern worldCaesarismEuropeHistoryImperialismEuropeHistoryDemocracyEuropeHistoryDictatorshipEuropeHistoryAuthoritarianismEuropeHistoryModern History (History)Political History (History)World History (History)CaesarismHistory.ImperialismHistory.DemocracyHistory.DictatorshipHistory.AuthoritarianismHistory.Modern History (History)Political History (History)World History (History)224/.106Prutsch Markus Josef1981-,974078UkLoBPBOOK9910417988803321Caesarism in the post-revolutionary age2217368UNINA