Bonapartism

William Peter BAEHR

Bonapartism

William Peter BAEHR

Department of Sociology and Social Policy

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Abstract

A type of rule, epitomized by the regimes of Napoleon I and III, in which Civl society and representative political institutions are subordinated to military-police power. The Bonapartist regime is installed through coup d'état, a consequence of the prior disintegration of republican institutions and of social turmoil. The leader at its head claims to express directly the indivisible will of the sovereign People, and attempts, but is unable, to establish a dynasty. Exceptional measures are legitimated by mass plebiscite. This bald definition, however, fails to convey the term's range of inflections, and also the conceptual sophistication it has on occasion received, particularly in Marxist thought.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Blackwell dictionary of modern social thought
Publisher	Blackwell Publishers
Pages	50-51
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	9780631221647
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2003

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