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Necrocracy is a form of government where the leadership is assumed by (or attributed to) those who have died.[1][2][3]
Etymology
[edit]Necrocracy comes from the Ancient Greek auto (Greek: αὐτός; "self") and nekrós (Greek: νεκρός; "dead body"). It was probably coined by political scientist William Bennett Munro in 1928, to describe democracy.[4][5]
Use
[edit]Yaniv Roznai used the term when analysing unamendable laws in democracies.[6] Similarly, Sterling Harwood used it to describe the United States, noting that Congress cannot change the Constitution, which was written by men who are now dead, thus the modern running of the country is partly dictated by the dead.[7]
Journalist and author Christopher Hitchens frequently used the term to describe North Korea,[8][9] as well as in his criticisms of religion.[10]
Robert Fisk used the term when describing post-revolution Iran, referring to the (now deceased) Ayatollah Khomeini.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Dey, Atanu (29 January 2009). "Endorsing the BJP". Atanu Dey : Life is a Random Draw. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ Schneider-Mayerson, Matthew (2015). Barrett, Ross; Worden, Daniel; LeMenager, Stephanie; Jones, Christopher F. (eds.). "Necrocracy in America: American Studies Begins to Address Fossil Fuels and Climate Change". American Quarterly. 67 (2): 529–540. ISSN 0003-0678.
- ^ Domańska, Ewa (2005). ""Necrocracy" (rev. Robert P. Harrison "The Dominion of the Dead", 2003)". History of the Human Sciences. 18 (2): 111–122.
- ^ Munro, William Bennett. The Invisible Government: The Jacob H. Schiff Foundation Lectures Delivered at Cornell University, 1926, New York, N.Y. Macmillan Co. p. 2.
- ^ Caimmi, Michele (27 September 2020). "A Country Ruled by a Dead Leader". Dialogue & Discourse. Archived from the original on 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ Yaniv, Roznai (13 September 2018). "Necrocracy or Democracy? Assessing Objections to Constitutional Unamendability: Unamendability in Constitutional Democracies". An Unamendable Constitution?. Springer Nature. pp. 29–61. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-95141-6_2. ISBN 978-3-319-95140-9.
- ^ Harwood, Sterling (1996). Judicial Activism: A Restrained Defense. San Francisco, California: Austin & Winfield. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-880921-67-8.
- ^ Hitchens, Christopher (19 December 2011). "North Korea: no liberty, humour, irony ... no love". ABC News. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ Hitchens, Christopher (14 August 2008). "Visit to a Small Planet: Hitchens in North Korea". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ Dawkins, Richard (2 September 2015). ""Never be afraid of stridency": Richard Dawkins' interview with Christopher Hitchens". New Statesman. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ Fisk, Robert (2005). The Great War for Civilisation. Fourth Estate. ISBN 978-1-84115-007-9.
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