Violence and Legitimacy - European Monarchy in the Age of Revolutions (Hardcover)

Benjamin Constant distinguished two kinds of government: unlawful government based on violence, and legitimate government based on the general will. In Europe monarchy was for over a thousand years considered the natural form of legitimate government. The sources of its legitimacy were the dynastic principle, religion, and the ability to protect against foreign aggression. At the end of the eighteenth century the revolutions in America and France called into question the traditional legitimacy of monarchy, but Volker Sellin shows that in response to this challenge monarchy opened up new sources of legitimacy by concluding alliances with constitutionalism, nationalism, and social reform. In some cases the age of revolution brought on a new type of leader, basing his claim to power on charisma.

General

Imprint:	de Gruyter Oldenbourg
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	December 2017
First published:	2018
Authors:	Volker Sellin
Dimensions:	230 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	346
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-055839-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	3-11-055839-4
Barcode:	9783110558395

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