Monarchism / Absolutism, as stated, pre-modern-present
Early Modern · stated scope
Monarchism is a political ideology holding that a single hereditary ruler, a monarch, should serve as head of state; absolutism is a related doctrine specifying that this ruler's authority is unlimited by constitutions, legislatures, or other governing bodies. These doctrines were codified and practiced across Western Europe from roughly the late fifteenth century onward, with absolutist forms reaching their peak in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries before constitutional and republican alternatives emerged.
Cluster:Ordered Tradition
Tradition & Continuity and Sanctity & Transcendence run high with Authority & Hierarchy elevated, while Non-Maleficence sits low. Continuity is maintained through hierarchy rather than restraint, which is what separates it from Faithful Observance.
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Neighbors
- 1Tokugawa Shogunate, as realized, 1603-1868Distance: 14Compare
- 2Ethnic Nationalism, as stated, 19th c.-presentDistance: 16Compare
- 3Feudalism (Medieval European), as realized, 9th-15th c.Distance: 16Compare
- 4Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu), as realized, 1438-1533Distance: 17Compare
- 5Islamic Republic of Pakistan, as realized, 1956-presentDistance: 17Compare
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