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Recherches - BOULANGER (Nicolas Antoine) RECHERCHES sur l' Origine du Despotisme Oriental . Ouvrage posthume de M.B.I.D.P.E.C.. S.l.: s.n., 1773. [4] , 194 pp.; 195 mm. Posthumously attributed to Nicolas-Antoine Boulanger , Recherches sur l'Origine du Despotisme Oriental (Researches on the Origin of Oriental Despotism) is part of the Enlightenment debate on forms of government and the historical origins of tyranny. Instead of a simple ”moral geography” of the East, the author seeks to explain despotism as a result of concrete social and political mechanisms, highlighting the role of religious institutions and theocracy in the genesis and maintenance of unchecked power. ! Please note that this translated text was generated by Google. !