The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c12.s2.11

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c12.s2.11

The modern republic is, in the first place, a country-state and not a mere city or clan. Secondly, and as a consequence of this, it is not a "direct" democracy of all the people sitting in legislative sessions. The system has its life in the principle of representation. Thirdly, it is not part of a larger whole, not a "home-rule" territory, but an absolutely independent organism, a fully self-determined or *selbständig* political unit, an unconditioned *sva-râj*.

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