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authoritarianismPrinciple of unqualified submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action. As a political system, authoritarianism is antidemocratic in that political power is concentrated in a leader or small elite not constitutionally responsible to those governed. It differs from totalitarianism in that authoritarian governments usually lack a guiding ideology, tolerate some pluralism in social organization, lack the power to mobilize the whole population in pursuit of national goals, and exercise their power within relatively predictable limits. See also absolutism, dictatorship. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This "ideological ideal" of Islam alone could "rescue humanity from the barbarism of technocratic culture", from the vice of an authoritarian nationalism imposed by a Nasser a Suharto or an Atatiirk, "and from the stifling trap of communism. |
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