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Necrocracy is a form of government where the leadership is assumed (or attributed) to those who have died.[1]
Etymology
[edit]Necrocracy comes from the Ancient Greek auto (Greek: αὐτός; "self") and nekrós (Greek: νεκρός; "dead body"). It was probably coined by William Bennett Munro in 1928 to describe democracy.[2]
Use
[edit]Yaniv Roznai used the term when analysing unamendable laws in democracies.[3] Similaryly, Sterling Harwood used it to describe the United States, noting that Congress can not change the Constitution, which was written by men who are now dead.[4]
Christopher Hitchens used the term frequently to describe North Korea, and in his criticisms of religion.[5][6][7]
Robert Fisk used the term when describing Iran.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Dey, Atanu (29 January 2009). "Endorsing the BJP". Atanu Dey : Life is a Random Draw. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 (14 August 2008). "Visit to a Small Planet: Hitchens in North Korea". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ Hitchens, Christopher (19 December 2011). "North Korea: no liberty, humour, irony ... no love". ABC News. Retrieved 4 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.