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Tyranny is an ever-present threat to civilisations. Here’s how Classical Greece and China dealt with it
The Conversation, Vol.15 July 2025
2025
Appears in The Conversation
Abstract
We’re just a few months into US president Donald Trump’s second term but his rule has already been repeatedly compared to tyranny.
This may all feel very new to Americans, and to the rest of us watching on from around the world. But the threat of tyranny is an ancient one.
We can learn much from how people in ancient Greece and China dealt with this issue.
Details
- Title
- Tyranny is an ever-present threat to civilisations. Here’s how Classical Greece and China dealt with it
- Authors
- Shannon Brincat - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sustainability Research Cluster
- Publication details
- The Conversation, Vol.15 July 2025
- Publisher
- Conversation Media Group
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.64628/AA.xwftpumaq
- ISSN
- 2201-5639
- Copyright note
- © The Conversation Media Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991148038902621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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