Autocracy vs. Democracy
Akian Art Gallery, Paramaz Avedisian Building, American University of Armenia 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave, Yerevan, ArmeniaAbout the Event: The presentation focuses on the essential principles composing autocratic civilizations and their usual association and even identity with theocratic legitimation. The variants of this civilization are extended to include aristocracy, divine right of kings, and monological “secularism.” While seemingly different from autocratic and theocratic civilizations, such secularism traces similar morphology with autocracy. […]