Une « dictature démocratique » : Getúlio Vargas, raconté par Jean-Gérard Fleury by Régis Tettamanzi

“…In 1940, he published a short biography, the only one to this day in French, of the president Getulio Vargas; openly pictorially outlined in nature, this text offers a reading of the political trajectory of Vargas, which oscillates between democracy and authoritarianism. In fact, this biography tells us as much about Brazil as about France: it constructs an image of the Brazilian president, and at the same time witnesses the popular aspirations of a certain French political right trend between the two wars.…”
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Uczenie się demokracji od dzieciństwa – kaprys czy potrzeba współczesności? by Agnieszka Olczak

“…Thus, the article raises the question of whether teaching children democracy, liberation behaviour, participation, but also responsibility, is a fantasy, a fiction, or a whim, which teachers and researchers who seek, and parents who reject authoritarianism are often accused of, or whether it is a necessity of the modern times and an expression of an awareness that it is essential wisely to prepare the younger generation for life in contemporary society. …”
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Cywilizacyjny wymiar inwazji Federacji Rosyjskiej na Ukrainę by Adam Zamojski

“…Koneczny believed that under the influence of the Asiatic borrowings, Moscow became a representative of the Turanian model of civilization, within which authoritarianism reigns and power is based on fear and violence. …”
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Roots of 20th-Century Western Counterculture: From Guillem Rovirosa’s Catalonia to Its Antipode by José Andrés-Gallego

“…Quite the contrary, from Europe to the Far East, many people underwent similar experiences, usually of a countercultural nature and often linked to the idea of anti-authoritarianism and to its possible religious foundations.…”
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O passado subtraído da desaparição forçada: Araguaia como palimpsesto by Roberto Vecchi

“…The article approaches the aporetic topic of the forced disappearance in the context of military authoritarianism in Brazil, primarily setting the problematic character of the restitution in the case of the political “desaparecidos” deriving from the impossibility of the legal category of “restitutio ad integrum”. …”
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Un réformateur et la science by Salam Kawakibi

“…'Abd al-Rahman al-Kawâkibî is one of the Syrian intellectuals who, at the end of the 19th century, took refuge in Egypt with a view to escaping from Ottoman Sultan's authoritarianism. Through many articles and books, he developed a political line of thought in reference to the relationship between power and religion. …”
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Liberative Black theology: a case study of race in theological education by M. Naidoo

“…However, Christian organisations are structured in patriarchal and hierarchical ways with their authoritarianism; hence, the roots of oppression lie deeper. …”
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ABD’de Yükselen Popülist Dalga ve Trumpizm: Neoliberal Küreselleşme, Ekonomik Kriz, Siyasetin İşlevsizleşmesi ve Elitizme Karşı Bir Geri Tepki mi? by Ömer KURTBAĞ

“…Thirdly, the study concludes with the observation that populism may play a corrective role in the recovery of the US economy and its politics, and it suggests that if this opportunity cannot be seized then this form of populism could evolve into an illiberal democracy or even authoritarianism…”
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Policy change or tactical retreat? by Wishes Tendayi Mututwa, Brenda Mututwa, Mlondolozi Ndlovu

“…It thus appears that a dual legacy of democracy and media authoritarianism still exists in the post-Mugabe administration, which presents itself as the “new dispensation”. …”
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Cinquante ans depuis la révolution des œillets by Lincoln Secco, Osvaldo Coggiola

“…The issues that drove it were common to post-war European societies: decolonization, political democracy (fight against authoritarianism and dictatorships), intensification of class clashes. …”
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Bush versus Bin Laden in Time by Johann de Wet

“…It was found that the cultural code translates into: the United States and the Western World are the beacons of democracy and freedom, while Islam (more specifically Muslim fundamentalists) represents authoritarianism, repression and bondage. It appears that Time in its commentary role in the aftermath of the attacks was an able and willing partner of the United States administration in predominantly naming the world along American lines, and attempting through words to impose the named world on adversaries. …”
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Socialism equals death, market equals life: anti-socialist and pro-market policy discourse among the contemporary Venezuelan Opposition. by Barry Cannon

“…This may result, the article concludes, in a form of neoliberal authoritarianism rather than ‘restored’ democracy as the Opposition claims.…”
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The Role of Information War in the Strengthening of Stereotypes about Russia in the Western Political Space by Irina Milutinović, Aleksandar Gajić

“…These stereotypes mostly perceive Russia and its population through collectivism, authoritarianism and impulsiveness. Media and information policies play an indispensable role in shaping stereotypes in the modern and postmodern era. …”
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A Demand for Narrative: Reading Sabahattin Ali's Novel Kuyucaklı Yusuf as a Quest for Identity by Murat Baran Akkuş

“…However, the novel remained incomplete due to Ali's murder in 1948 amid a rising tide of authoritarianism and nationalism that he consistently critiqued. …”
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Revisiting Agamben’s Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life – A Critical Review by Md. Lab Hossain, Mahmuda Akter

“…Furthermore, his book insight into sovereignty, biopolitics, and exclusion are crucial for understanding contemporary issues likes state of exception, state surveillance, migration crises, human rights violations, and democratic erosion, especially in an era of rising political instability and authoritarianism, urging a rethinking of power structures and inclusion. …”
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The Legacy of Nineteen Eighty-Four: British Dystopias, from 1984 to the present day by Claire Wrobel

“…Recent dystopias however never lose sight of the political, whether in the new forms state authoritarianism may take or in the deadly effects of fragmented plutocracies.…”
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The Chilean Model Confronting Expectations of Social Justice by L. V. Diyakova

“…The system of ‘elite compromises’, which provided a political basis for the transition from authoritarianism to democracy, also became an object of harsh criticism.The paper shows the specifics of the Chilean model in historical retrospect, identifies contradictions and issues that have triggered a socio-political conflict, particularly the rise of mass social expectations, strengthened by the reforms of the second government of M. …”
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Traces et sens de l'Histoire chez les voyageuses françaises et britanniques dans l'Italie préunitaire (1815-1861) by Nicolas Bourguinat

“…As they traveled, discovering the cities and the people, they also discuss in their writings matters connected with politics and history; for example, the legacy of the French occupation of Italy before 1814, or the signs of backwardness and the authoritarianism of political life in the Papal States and other principalities. …”
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L’altruisme, une condition de l’autorité éducative émancipatrice ? by Tommy Terraz

“…Although there seems to be wide acceptance of a certain "erosion" (Prairat, 2012) of educational authority, nonetheless the notion of authority is understood in a variety of ways. Authority and authoritarianism are often confused, and this leads on the one hand to the radical rejection of the very idea of educational authority and, on the other hand, to the nostalgic desire to rehabilitate some perverted forms of harsh traditional authority. …”
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Transimperial Sociology: A Peripheral Dictatorship at the Centre of Late Colonial Social-Scientific Cooperation Between Empires by Ágoas Frederico

“…Additionally, it serves as a case study in the historical sociology of knowledge, expanding on scholarship that has explored the intersection of authoritarianism and imperialism in the natural sciences but not in the social sciences. …”
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