Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Ιστορίας της ΦιλοσοφίαςLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Author:
Georgios Vlachopoulos
Supervisors info:
Γεώργιος Βλαχάκης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Ελληνικό Ανοιχτό Πανεπιστήμιο
Γεώργιος Αραμπατζής, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, ΦΠΨ, ΕΚΠΑ
Ευάγγελος Πρωτοπαπαδάκης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, ΦΠΨ, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η Πολιτική Φιλοσοφία του Ρήγα Βελεστινλή
Translated title:
The Political Philosophy of Rigas Velestinlis
Summary:
The following paper attempts to approach Riga's political philosophy as shown in his work. Rigas is the authentic child of the unified geographical and historical area of the eastern Mediterranean basin, whose dominant element is the Greek character of it, even though it has been dominating by the Turkish Ottoman Empire since 1453. Riga's work describes precisely the highly authoritarian political system of the Ottoman Empire State, as well as the issue of violent overthrow of it, which was a one-way path so that on the ruins of it to be founded his democratic vision. His Greek democracy, which is a synthesis of the principles of ancient Greek direct democracy and modern democracies, such as the French and the American.
Main subject category:
Philosophy - Psychology
Keywords:
Rigas, Democracy, Policy, Rights
Number of references:
233