Literature and Politics
Understanding the Regime
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12378876 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul A Cantor (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 192-195 |
| Publication date | 1995-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/420343 |
| OpenAlex | W2332838665 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
gime and, in particular, the classical understanding of it. As a concept encompassing public and private life, the regime is the point at which politics and literature meet. The choice of the word regime to translate the Greek term in question (politeia) is debatable, but it helps highlight what Plato and Aristotle mean by the term.1 A regime is a government, a specific form of government. The word calls attention to the actual person or groups in power, the one or ones who in fact rule (thus we name regimes after particular rulers-the Franco Regime, Brezhnev Regime, or Castro Regime--or after ruling parties-the Communist Regime, Nazi Regime, or Sandanista Regime). But the word regime also has the sense of a regimen, a way of doing things, a way of life. The way the English word regime encompasses this range of meanings from public to private life reflects the semantic range of the Greek word politeia2 and thereby points to a fundamental principle of the political science of Plato and Aristotle. Their key question of a political community is always: who rules? And with this concentration on forms of government goes the idea that these forms are formative: they shape the way of life of the citizens living under them.3 Thus, if the many rule, we are dealing with a democracy, and this distinctive form of government will produce a characteristically democratic way of life in its citizens. In Plato's classic formulation
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2004 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |