Big caesars and little caesars

Ferdinand Mount

Who said that dictatorship was dead? The world today is full of strong men and their imitators. Caesarism is alive and well. Yet in modern times it's become a strangely neglected subject. Ferdinand Mount opens up a fascinating exploration of how and why caesars seize power and why they fall. There is a comforting illusion shared by historians and political commentators from Fukuyama back to Macaulay, Mill and Marx, that history progresses in a nice straight line towards liberal democracy or socialism, despite the odd hiccup. In reality, every democracy, however sophisticated or stable it may look, has been attacked or actually destroyed by a would-be caesar, from Ancient Greece to the present day. Marx was wrong. This Caesarism is not an absurd throwback, it is an ever-present danger.

Author(s): Mount, Ferdinand
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 06/06/2024
Pagination: 304 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Bloomsbury Continuum
Published By: Bloomsbury Continuum
Book Classification: Political leaders & leadership|Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship|Social & cultural history|General & world history
Dimensions: 196x128x22
Weight: 260
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781399409728