scholarly journals Montesquieu: republicanismo e corrupção política [Montesquieu: republicanism and political corruption]

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (44) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Vital Francisco Celestino Alves
Keyword(s):  
Political Thought ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Political Corruption ◽  
Republican Period ◽  
Interesting Connection ◽  
Age Of Enlightenment ◽  
The Republic

Embora Montesquieu seja conhecido, acima de tudo, por sua célebre teoria da separação dos poderes e tenha seu pensamento recorrentemente vinculado à perspectiva do liberalismo, sua reflexão política não pode se restringir a essas duas linhas interpretativas. Principalmente porque entendemos que a reflexão apresentada pelo pensador de Bordeaux também possui uma interessante ligação com a tradição republicana e contribuiu expressivamente para a retomada dessa tradição no Século das Luzes. Partindo dessa hipótese, o presente artigo tem como objetivo principal demonstrar e valorizar a contribuição de Montesquieu para com a formação do republicanismo. Para tanto, nos concentraremos: em primeiro lugar, na análise que ele realiza acerca do legado romano, isto é, as especificidades de Roma em seu período republicano e a relevância da virtude política para esse regime; em segundo lugar, na avaliação e promoção de uma discussão sobre os dois fundamentos imprescindíveis da República: a igualdade e a liberdade; por fim, na investigação das razões pelas quais a corrupção política e o luxo podem conduzir à República a falência. [While Montesquieu is known, above all, for his celebrated theory of separation of powers and his thought is recurrently linked to the perspective of liberalism, his political thought cannot be restricted to those two interpretative lines. Mainly because we understand that the ideas proposed by the philosopher of Bordeaux also has an interesting connection with the Republican tradition and has contributed significantly to the resumption of this tradition in the Age of Enlightenment. From this hypothesis, the main objective of this article is to demonstrate and value the contribution of Montesquieu to the formation of republicanism. For this goal, we shall focus: firstly, on the analysis he per-forms of the Roman legacy, that is, the specifics of Rome in its Republican Period and the relevance of political virtue to that regime; secondly, on the review and promotion of a discussion of the two essential foundations of the republic: equality and liberty; finally, on an investigation of the reasons why political corruption and luxury can lead the republic to failure.]

Fortuna and the Republic

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Miano
Keyword(s):  
Focal Points ◽  
The Public ◽  
Republican Period ◽  
Roman Imperialism ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Greek East

This chapter studies all the public temples of Fortuna at Rome in the Republican period. The main focal points of the chapter are the precise historical circumstances for the vow, construction, and dedication of each temple, and the connection between these circumstances and the epithets attributed to the goddess. One of the main points made by this chapter is that there is a very solid connection between Republican temples of Fortuna and the plebeian aristocracy, which suggests that Fortuna was characterized as a deity closely associated with the plebs. Another point concerns Fortuna Publica, a deity that during the Roman conquest of the Greek East was associated with Roman imperialism through her translation as Tyche, following a debate on the merits of Roman conquest of which we can read traces in Polybius.

Republican conception of liberty in early republican Turkey and its contemporary implications

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 429-439
Author(s):  
Boğaç Erozan
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
Republican Period ◽  
Initial Failure ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Problem ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Early Republican

Established in 1923, Turkey has been a republic without a dominant republican conception of liberty. A chance to install such a conception was missed in the early republican period and never recaptured. The republic was unable to get rid of vestiges of the authoritarian tradition of the past. Centuries-old authoritarian tradition persisted well into the recent and the contemporary periods. Presenting ample evidence, the article underlines the weight of history and the legacy of authoritarian mentality that promoted the use of authority, not liberty, in political problem-solving. The initial failure to abandon an authoritarian problem-solving approach proved fateful for the chances of the deepening of democracy in Turkey.

Reilly and the Republic in 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
Christopher James Wolfe ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Thought ◽  
American Founding ◽  
The Republic ◽  
American Catholic ◽  
Sensus Communis ◽  
Catholic Perspective

Robert Reilly’s America on Trial presents a lengthy defense of the principles of the American Founding against recent critiques, especially focusing on those written from a Catholic perspective. His book finds a place in a larger discussion of American Catholic political thought that has been going on for more than a century. I first situate Reilly’s book within that debate, and then argue that Reilly’s account is correct on most counts. Some loose ends remain, but they can be dealt with by expanding some of the points that Reilly has already made. I think, though, that other points not even raised by Reilly’s critics will require further reflection by future American Catholic political thinkers. In 2020, the sensus communis in America has ceased to be “cool and deliberate,” a desideratum for the regime mentioned in Federalist 63; we need to figure out ways to make it cool again.

UNDERSTANDING THE FEVZI ÇAKMAK NEIGHBORHOOD: THROUGH ITS PAST, PRESENT AND PLANNED TOMORROW

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 365-384
Author(s):  
Filiz SÖNMEZ ◽  
Hatice DOĞAN ◽  
Okan KARAKAŞ
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Grocery Store ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Organizational Relationships ◽  
Republican Period ◽  
Historical Continuity ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The 1960S

Mahalle is a place name derived from the Arabic roots halel and hulul, meaning “to land, to settle down” (Turkish Dictionary, 1998). In addition to the residential structures within a neighborhood, it has a mosque, primary school, fountain, baths, a grocery store, bakery, parks, etc. It is the smallest settlement in a city. On the other hand, socially a neighborhood refers to a community that is placed somewhere and has organizational relationships. The neighborhood phenomenon is one of the most important legacies that continue from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic. During the Republican period, many new neighborhoods have also been established, often formed by adhering to a plan. In this study, the formation of Fevzi Çakmak neighborhood, one of the neighborhoods designed according to the Kayseri ARU-Oelsner (1945) zoning plan, and the change that the neighborhood has undergone from the past to the present will be examined. According to the data obtained, the aim of the Kayseri ARU-Oelsner zoning plan is to contribute to the Urban Transformation Project of Fevzi Çakmak neighborhood, which will be planned by the local government in the future. Literature and field studies, document analysis and oral history studies will be used as methods in the study. In this context, maps belonging to the neighborhood, zoning plans, Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality and Kocasinan Municipality archive records and old photographs will be provided. The Fevzi Çakmak neighborhood, which was built in the 1960s, has a grid plan type and is one of the modern neighborhoods that have contributed to the development of the city in an east direction. A city analysis will be carried out in historical continuity from the establishment of Fevzi Çakmak neighborhood to the present day. It is believed that detecting interventions in significant areas of change/transformation of the neighborhood will make significant contributions to the future urban transformation project. Accordingly, it is proposed that the analysis to be conducted in the neighborhood be evaluated within a theoretical framework which is known in Urban Planning as “we-zoning and Hoyt classification”. Accordingly, the areas identified in the neighborhood in the present study will be evaluated within the scope of “protection”, “correction” (improvement) and “renewal” strategies. It is expected that this work, carried out in the Kayseri Fevzi Çakmak neighborhood, will contribute to urban planning and transformation projects and architectural discussions throughout the country.

scholarly journals Interpretation of the Principle of Municipality Self-Reliance in the Context of Constitutional Principles of Law

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-119
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Daniluk
Keyword(s):  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Inherent Feature ◽  
Subsidiarity Principle ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Judicial Protection

Abstract In the science of administrative and constitutional law, administration science and many other sciences, including political science, it is widely accepted that the basic, inherent feature of a municipality, deciding the essence of the territorial self-government unit as an entity of public administration, is the self-reliance it is entitled to. The self-reliance of territorial self-government units is even defined as a constitutional norm. In principle, self-reliance is perceived as a fundamental attribute of a decentralised public authority and constitutes one of the fundamental systemic principles of the Republic of Poland. It was formulated expressis verbis in art. 165 par. 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, which states that the self-reliance of territorial self-government units is subject to judicial protection, meaning that TSGUs can defend themselves against illegal attempts, not grounded in the law to interfere in their self-reliance. This protection seems to encompass both the private-law and public-law spheres of territorial self-government activity. The essence and guarantees of territorial self-government units’ self-reliance also arise from other constitutional principles, including the aforementioned decentralisation principle, subsidiarity principle, separation of powers, supremacy of the nation and democratic state under rule of law. The goal of this article is to interpret the principle of municipal self-reliance in the context of constitutional principles of law, in the light of the Polish Constitution. The studies were conducted based on analysis of normative acts, doctrinal views and case law.

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