Positive Despotism: An Account of Aristotle's "Beneficent Despot" and M. Abdouh's "Just Despot"

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: B+, The American University in Cairo, language: English, abstract: A personal despot is the “unlimited, unchecked, unrestricted totalitarian exercise of governmental powers, also a system of rule whereby the rights and liberties of individuals are ignored” (Raymond). A Personal Despot is a ...