Серия «Res Publica»

Based on rich material from various sources, this book examines the features of the political system of one of the oldest centers of Russia,

Today, most people consider a republic to be a form of government that stands in opposition to a monarchy. In the first case, people elect their rulers, in the second, tsars or kings transfer power to their heirs. However, from the time of Cicero until the American Revolution in 1776 or even the French Revolution in 1789, monarchy was seen as a form of republic. Many questions arise here.

The republican idea has occupied a central place in public discussions since the early 1980s. This book, by contemporary French philosopher Serge Audier, offers a historical and conceptual analysis to clarify the deeper meaning of this idea. The Republic, which is a key concept of Ancient Rome (res publica - “public affair”), re-emerges in the Renaissance and begins to embody political freedom capable of resisting arbitrariness.

This volume describes the main Russian everyday perceptions and theoretical ideas about dignity— both for the individual and for g

This essay, written by one of the world's leading historians, represents an important contribution to scholarship. In the first part, the author seeks to retrieve from oblivion and rehabilitate the neo-Roman theory of free citizens and free states, as it was developed in early modern England. The analysis turns into a convincing apology for the nature, goals and objectives of intellectual history and the history of ideas.