Power of emperor in Russian legal discourse of second half of 19th– early 20th centuries: justification and options for interpretation by I. G. Adoneva, Yu. V. Druzhinina

“…Without disputing the content of the «Fundamental State Laws» and guided by censorship considerations, the professors tried to convey to the student university audience the idea that the bureaucratic apparatus formed in the empire is a natural limiter of the imperial power; the legal framework is an obstacle to despotism, and the judiciary is in fact independent. …”
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The Election and Invitation in al-Hâdavî Zaydism ABSTRAcT by Zeyd B. Ali El-vezir

“…In this respect, it is questioned the validity of either to call for allegiance to him as well as election, or the Imamet of the despot. Also, in addition to the opinions in the classical period, the idea of al-Shawkani who approves the Imamet of the despot and tells that it is not permissible to uprise against cruel rulers as long as they pray and unless they express the blasphemy.…”
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Un réformateur et la science by Salam Kawakibi

“…In his view, the submission to a despotic government and the development of modern sciences are not at all compatible with each other; the latter are generally viewed as a threat by despots for whom ignorance is the best option. …”
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The relationship between ethical leadership, teacher motivation, and commitment in public schools in Portugal by Maria de Lurdes Gomes Neves

“…Conversely, the need to avoid despotic practices is emphasized, as they can adversely affect not only teachers’ motivation but also their commitment to the educational organization. …”
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A Review on the Texts of Historical Sociology of Iran by Javad Nazari Moghaddam

“…Many texts on the Iranian identities with an emphasis on the correlation between dictatorial structure and the mood characteristics of the Iranian society argue that despotisms through the history of this country have caused the governance of egocentric values and the non-formation of appraising features of development such as accountability, participation, morale, and altruism. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Function of Myth in a Poem by Khalil Haavi and Manouchehr Atashi by Seyyed Ali Seraj

“…One of the most transformative periods in contemporary literary Persian and Arabic literature, can be influenced by factors such as political developments, arrogance, the pressure of internal despotic poets imbued with idealism. In this study, the effects of myth in a poem by Khalil Alhavi (1919- 1982) and M. …”
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The antinomian framework of Western and non-Western democracies—from theory to application by Oliver Fernando Hidalgo

“…This should help to avoid both the blind spots of Eurocentrism and the misperception of countries as democracies that are merely masking their authoritarian or despotic character. The result is a theory of popular sovereignty that seeks to grasp and combine Western and non-Western conceptions of democracy in a balanced way and is based on a genealogical and comparative perspective of the history of political ideas in the global North and South. …”
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A Critique of the Book Islamic Movement at North Caucasus by Seyedeh Motahare Hoseyni, Fatemeh Eidi, Razieh Mousavyfar

“…The conclusion shows that by political view to cultural identity of Caucasian Muslims, Sufism is a way for staying in front of despotic and irreligious rulers, like Russian ones.…”
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Commerce and Sentiment in Tales of Barbary Encounter: Cathcart, Barlow, Markoe, Tyler, and Rowson by Andrew S. Gross

“…This essay sketches the history of the Barbary conflict and considers three fictionalized accounts of Barbary encounter as secular conversion narratives, two of the three demonstrating how even despotic slaveholders could learn to embrace commerce and sentiment.  …”
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Unsuccessful Peace-making: the Mission of Francesco da Collo and Antonio de Conti to Moscow (1518-1519) by O. F. Kudriavtsev

“…Despite the envoys' efforts, the mission achieved only a temporary one-year truce, with insurmountable barriers to a comprehensive peace including territorial disputes—especially over the control of Smolensk—and the issue of repatriating Russian prisoners of war from Poland.Furthermore, da Collo’s report serves as an early illustration of how Muscovy was constructed as an eastern, despotic power, offering one of the first examples of Russia being depicted as the “Other” in early modern European thought. …”
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New era, new GOALs: cardiovascular screening and lipid management in cystic fibrosis by Katherine A. Despotes, Agathe S. Ceppe, Jennifer L. Goralski, Scott H. Donaldson

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Approaches for the measurement of lateral dimensions of graphene oxide flakes using scanning electron microscopy by Giovanni Chemello, Konstantinos Despotelis, Keith R Paton, Charles A Clifford, Andrew J Pollard, Jörg Radnik, Vasile-Dan Hodoroaba

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An outline of typology of social relations in the countries of Byzantine civilization in the VII-XIV Centuries by Nerijus Babinskas

“…Such kinds of societies were ruled by a despot or a board of priests. These are the main features of the Asiatic mode of production. …”
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Observations on old Serbian terminology for iron mining and processing: Želězo and gvozdje by Loma Aleksandar B.

“…However, the mention of gvozdje in the Mining Code issued in 1412 by Serbian Despot Stefan Lazarević points in another direction. …”
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Şîî Alîm Muhammed Mîrzâ en-Nâînî’nin (öl. 1936) “Tenbîhü’l-ümme ve tenzîhü’l-mille” Adlı Eserinin İslâm Siyaset Nazâriyesi Açısından Önemine Dair Bazı Mülahazalar... by Seracettin Eraydın

“…Araştırmanın sonucu itibariyle Tenbîhü’l-Ümme ve tenzîhü’l-mille adlı eserin müellifi Müslümanların tarihi siyaset tecrübesini mezhep kimliğinden bağımsız olarak bütüncül bir şekilde değerlendirerek emperyalizme ve İslâm coğrafyasında hüküm süren despot yönetimlere karşı Müslüman ortak kimliğine ve ümmetin birliğine vurgu yapmıştır. …”
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