Military dictatorship as the ‘reign of the mightier’: Karl Ludwig von Haller's organicist concept of natural order and autocratic rule (original) (raw)

Dictatorship in the Nineteenth Century: Conceptualisations, Experiences, Transfers, 2021

Abstract

In the eyes of Karl Ludwig von Haller (1768–1854), the French revolution was a futile attempt to destroy the natural order of politics and society. The decline of revolutionary France into virtual civil war and its result, the dictatorial rule of Napoleon Bonaparte, were taken as a morbid proof of the resilience of natural hierarchy as always embodied by rule and servitude. The chapter outlines Haller’s perception of Napoleon’s regime as a military dictatorship vested with unlimited, sovereign power. Since his idea of dictatorship results from his conception of rule and order, this chapter focuses on Haller’s ‘reign of the mightier’ and its organicist characteristics.

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