The term was first coined by prominent American scientist - historian and ethnographer Lewis Morgan in "Ancient Society" to characterize the ancient Greek society in the transition from primitive society to the state, and was accepted by Marx and Engels.Marx believed that what Greek writers called the Homeric or royal power, as its main distinguishing feature is the military leadership, the military can be called a democracy, if we add it to the Council of Chiefs and the National Assembly.
Military democracy, as rightly, in our view, and Engels believed, should unite together three essential elements - military leader, which can be endowed with more and judicial powers, but should not have the administrative, national assembly and the council of chiefs.Engels' views are close to modern concepts of democratic society and separation of powers.It is, as we would say, three independent branches of government, constitute the essence of the concept of democracy.
National Assembly, every member of which, along with this was a warrior, the militia is as important and necessary authority, as the Council of Chiefs, and, in fact, the leader himself.No matter what political line to take a meeting, whether it was just a tool in the hands of the nobility, or, as it happened many times, out of control government - no one (or military leader or council of chiefs) did not have any meansviolence or coercion in relation to it, except for traditions, customs, personal authority among the common people.
Thus, we found that the military democracy - is social system transition from primitive society to the state.
can assume that it is necessary for that period of history when the ancient tribal organization is still enough strength, but at the same time, there is already stratification, born to know and imperial power, and becomes commonplace transformation of war into slaves.
Achaean chiefs of tribes, as shown in one of the stories of Homer, and has repeatedly boasted of his wealth, especially herds of domesticated animals and their origins.They are reluctant to talk about the people, and if they say it with contempt, but these are the words of Odysseus that he was elected by the Cretans go to Illion with ships, and that was impossible to refuse, because they were elected to power of the people, talking aboutthat the national assembly had enough strength and power.
Military democracy is characterized by a wide variety of types and forms of its manifestation.In one case, it is in particular depending on the polis device as in Greece and in some other countries.Otherwise, it may be in a nomadic (fully or partially) way of life, as it was the Slavs or the Germans.
military democracy was almost all nations and is the last stage of the pre-state of evolution of society.To her community include Roman period of the kings, as well as Greek polis, "the era of Homer."If we look at this phenomenon from the point of view of archeology, the era of military democracy will meet during the beginning of the use of metals, which led to changes in the economic and political structure of society.
Eastern Slavs in the eighth century and the first half of the ninth began to form social system that the historians would later be called the term "military democracy".This period of transition from primitive society with tribal meetings, the leaders who were elected by all the tribal militia to the original public education with a strong central authority that unites all the inhabitants of the country, which are already starting to be very different for the material, the legal status and role in society.
