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Catonism in Ancient Rome and Populism in Turkey

Political Psychobiography of Cato the Elder and Erdogan

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Catonism in Ancient Rome and Populism in Turkey

Political Psychobiography of Cato the Elder and Erdogan

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Barrington Moore, Jr. in his seminal work Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy (1966), explored the origins of dictatorship and democracy in Germany and Japan. Catonism in Ancient Rome and Populism in Turkey: Political Psychobiography of Cato the Elder and Erdogan expands on that to include the history of the AKP and Erdogan in relation to the concept of Catonism. This rejects the assumption that the behavior of a class in any situation is determined by the 'economic factor' rather than the 'religious factor' or the 'diplomatic factor'. Nevertheless, conservative and radical imagery can help explain the origins of dictatorship. Radical and conservative rhetoric helps authoritarian regimes control the whole country. The example of the Roman political figure Cato the Elder illustrates this phenomenon, and this book uses a pyschopolitical approach to link Catonism with the policies of the AKP under Erdogan's populist leadership.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Birth of Catonism: Cato the Elder and Ancient Rome
Marcus Porcius Cato: A Comprehensive Bibliography
1.1.Early Life and Background
1.2.Military Career
1.3.Political Career
1.4.Political and Cultural Stances
1.5.Opposition to Carthage
Cato as Paterfamilias
The Concept of Pater in Cato's Public Image and Political Life
Barrington Moore's Catonism
The Importance of Moore's thesis in the case of Turkey and AKP
Catonism in Historical Context
Examples from Catonism in the World
Conclusion

Chapter 2: The Survivor of Turkish Politics: The Political and Personal Leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Erdogan's Childhood and Youth
Erdogan's Way on Imam Hatip Schools
Erdogan's Milli Görüs's Years
1.1.The Closure of the Welfare Party
1.2.The Virtue Party
1.3.The Division within the Milli Görüs Movement
Erdogan and AKP
Conclusion

Chapter 3: The Reincarnation of Catonism: Erdogan's Populism under AKP
Understanding of Erdogan's Political Discourse
Erdogan's Populism with Catonist Discourse
Erdogan's Anti-Intellectualism
Erdogan's Traditionalism
Erdogan's Conservatism on Family Policy
Erdogan's Conservatism on Culture
Erdogan's Anti-Modernism with Anti-Westernism and Anti-Kemalism
Erdogan's Lower Class Mythology

Conclusion
Bibliography

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Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published Jan 21 2027
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 1
ISBN 9781978768048
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 2 tables
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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