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Absolutism (Political)

Absolutism refers to any government where the ruler maintains complete and total power over his subjects making the ruler almost indistinguishable from the state. As Louis XIV of France, the most famous absolute monarch once said, "I am the state!" (L'état, c'est moi!) Absolutist states have ranged from cruel despotism, to enlightened despotism, to theocratic despotism.

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Can the US ever have a Absolute Monarchy?

No, not unless there was a complete overthrow of the government and then it wouldn't be a monarchy but a dictatorship.

What is the famous former leaders of absolute monarchy?

Some famous leaders include Louis XIV of France, Peter the Great of Russia, Ivan the Terrible of Russia, and Frederick William I of Prussia. They controlled the nobility and they transformed their armies from an absolute monarchy.

What is a despotic government?

Despotism is a form of government characterized by a single ruling entity with absolute power. The single entity can be an individual, autocracy, or a group, oligarch).

What is the difference of an absolute monarchy and a constitutional monarchy like Queen Elizabeth?

In an absolute monarchy, there is no limit on the power of the ruler. A constitutional monarchy imposes certain limits on the ruler's power. In the UK, the monarch's role is largely ceremonial.

What is the definition of Royal Absolutism?

An absolute monarchy is where the king or queen (or other hereditary title) has absolute authority over those he/she governs and is not bound by law or a constitution.

Basically a hereditary dictatorship.

What is the abstract noun for despot?

The word despot is an abstract noun. A despot is a person who rules with absolute power, a tyrant, or oppressor. You can see, hear, or touch the person, but you can only know or understand that the person is a despot.

Who were two enlightened despots during the 18th century?

Napoleon Bonaparte, Catherine the Great, Fredrick the Great, and Joseph II.

What is the economy like in an absolute monarchy?

it is like a capitalist economy

An absolute monarchy is a form of government (i.e. political system), and NOT an economic system. Absolute monarchies can employ a variety of economic models - it depends entire on the choice of the monarch. Your question is unanswerable, since the form of government and form of economics used by a country are orthogonal (i.e. independent of each other).

What is religious absolutism?

Religious absolutism is a perspective that religions are not open to interpretation and are only to be examined and believed as rote dogmas. Religious absolutists refuse to engage with religious texts in a bilateral exchange and debate principles with those who hold contrary views. The strongest adversaries of religious absolutists tend to be liberal religious leaders, who often entertain a more moderate and open view towards reinterpreting religious precepts.

An absolutist approach to deviance in sports is based on the assumption that?

social norms are based on essential principles that constitute an unchanging foundation for identifying good and evil and distinguishing right from wrong.

What caused the militarism and absolutism in Prussia?

http://www.germanculture.com.ua/library/facts/bl_prussia_military_power.htm

What form of government was most effective democracy or absolutism for the 17th and 18th centuries?

Considering that there were no democracies for the entire 17th century and all but the last two decades of the 18th century, but there were absolutist states during those periods, absolutism wins by default.

What role does religion play in an absolute monarchy?

what ever the monarch wants it to. Henry the viii is a good example.

How does Saudi Arabia fit the meaning of absolute monarchy?

Absolute monarchy requires there to be a hereditary leadership that has complete control over the domestic situation of his country without the impediment of any other branch of government or citizens' rights. The Saudi government follows those exact parameters in that: the power rests exclusively in the Saud family hands with all of the government ministers being family members, there are no documents abridging royal authority in domestic affairs, there is no external branch of government to the royal family, and nobody can petition the government for changes.

What are the liberty and personal freedoms in an absolute monarchy?

In an absolute monarchy, the liberty and freedom of the monarch are absolute, and the liberty and freedom of the subjects of the monarch are whatever the monarch chooses to give them.

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