Ownfacet / Politype / Ideologies / Absolute Monarchism
Political position placing supreme governing authority in a monarch, with ordinary political institutions subordinate to the crown. Historical defenses differ in their accounts of legitimacy and duties; absolute sovereignty need not imply that a ruler is considered free of every moral or religious obligation.
EDITORIAL SUMMARY
I favor a monarch as the final governing authority, with political institutions subordinate to the crown.
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Supreme authority, its holders and its scope differ across theories. Bodin and Hobbes defend absolute sovereignty, with distinct accounts of law, obligation, and legitimacy.
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This position is 53.8 points from the median of the 257 ideology profiles in this collection.
This is the largest distance from this collection’s median across the twelve axes. The collection is not a survey of public opinion.
This position is 1.3 points from this collection’s median.
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Manuel I reigned at the height of Portuguese maritime expansion, when Vasco da Gama reached India and Cabral reached Brazil, centralizing the spice trade through the Casa da India.
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Most compatible among the 257 schools
Current that preserves order, tradition, and hierarchy through a strong state, restricting freedoms and political participation in the name of social stability, morality, religion, and established authority.
Project that seeks to organize state and society according to the strict interpretation of a religious doctrine, subordinating laws, customs, and politics to sacred precepts and rejecting modern secularism.
Conception that defines the nation by common origin, language, and ancestry, advocating a state of the dominant ethnicity and the preservation of its identity, with a tendency to exclude minorities and immigrants from the national body.
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Techno-AnarchismAnarchist27.7 / 100
