Pojmovanje legitimnosti oblasti v vzhodnoazijski tradiciji

Janežič, Staš (author), Novak, Aleš (mentor)

Koncept legitimnosti oblasti se je skozi čas pojavljal kot redna tema državnopravnih diskurzov v različnih pravnih civilizacijah. To delo se osredotoča na primerjavo med koncepti politične legitimnosti v vzhodnoazijskih, na konfucianizmu utemeljenih tradicijah, ter nekaterimi ključnimi zahodnimi načeli o izvoru in naravi oblasti. Poseben poudarek je dan na pomenu avtonomnih mehanizmov, namenjenih preprečevanju arbitrarnega ravnanja s strani oblasti. Pomanjkanje le-teh naj bi se pri tradicionalnih političnih sistemih Daljnega vzhoda manifestiralo v splošni razširjenosti oblastne samovolje, primarna legitimacija oblasti pa naj bi zato temeljila le na prisili in strahu. To delo poskuša osvetliti nasprotna dejstva, ki zanikajo poenostavljen orientalistični pogled na domnevno despotsko politično tradicijo Vzhodne Azije, prikazuje pa tudi tradicionalna načela legitimacije oblasti, ki so še dolgo igrala pomembno vlogo v medsebojno precej raznolikih in ideologijam zahodnega izvora prilagojenih političnih sistemih omenjene regije. Ti principi namreč ne zagotavljajo le legitimacije oblasti, temveč z namenom dolgoročne vzdržnosti političnega sistema težijo tudi k njegovim izboljšavam ter prilagajanju spreminjajočim se okoliščinam.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: Vzhodna Azija, legitimnost, izvor oblasti, preprečevanje arbitrarnosti.
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Organization: PF - Faculty of Law
• Year: 2017
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-92931
• COBISS.SI-ID: 15706449
• Publication date in RUL: 11.07.2017

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Comprehension of political legitimacy in East Asian traditions

Abstract

The concept of political legitimacy has been regularly appearing in discourses of different legal civilizations. This work is focused on comparison between the concepts of political legitimacy in Confucian-dominated traditions of East Asia and the most essential Western notions concerning the origin and nature of political power. Special emphasis is given to the importance of mechanisms aimed at preventing arbitrary conducts. Lack of these instruments was often indicated as the cause of overall prevalence of arbitrary rule in traditional political systems of the Far East. Primary legitimation of those regimes should therefore be based on the pure coercion. This thesis attempts to counter the simplified Orientalist conceptions of the allegedly despotic political traditions of East Asia, and provide insight into traditional principles of legitimacy which continued to play an important role inside fairly diverse political systems of respective region. These principles do not reinforce only the legitimacy of the regime, but also tend to stimulate the pursuit of the long-term sustainability of political system trough the constant improvements in relation to changing circumstances.

• Keywords: East Asia, legitimacy, origin of political power, prevention of arbitrary rule.