Concept
Dom Mintoff
Overview
Dominic Mintoff (Maltese: Duminku Mintoff [dʊˈmɪnkʊ ˈmɪntɔf]; often called il-Perit, "the Architect"; 6 August 1916 – 20 August 2012) was a Maltese socialist politician, architect, and civil engineer who was leader of the Labour Party from 1949 to 1984, and was Prime Minister of Malta from 1955 to 1958, when Malta was still a British colony, and again, following independence, from 1971 to 1984. His tenure as Prime Minister saw the creation of a comprehensive welfare state, nationalisation of large corporations, a substantial increase in the general standard of living and the establishment of the Maltese republic, but was later on marred by a stagnant economy, a rise in authoritarianism and outbreaks of political violence.
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From all these differences arise the various relations which the government ought to bear to the body of the State, according to the accidental and particular relations by which the State itself is modified, for often the government that is best in itself will become the most pernicious, if the relations in which it stands have altered according to the defects of the body politic to which it belongs. [1] Thus at…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The social contract & discourses
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The social structure of a people is extraordinarily behind the development of its productive forces. The lower middle-classes, and particularly the peasantry, retain their existence long after their economic methods have been made obsolete, and have been condemned, by the technical development of the productive powers of society. The consciousness of the masses, in its turn, is extraordinarily behind the development…
Leon Trotsky, Dictatorship vs. Democracy
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One minister remains, who will have the general superintendence of education. He must be not less than fifty years old, and be himself the father of children born in wedlock. His office must be regarded by all as the highest in the state. For the right growth of the first shoot in plants and animals is the chief cause of matured perfection.
Plato, Laws
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Philosophers who discussed Dom Mintoff
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- University of Malta
- Law
- Maltese language
- Malta
- Mao Zedong
- Populism
- Welfare state
- Oxford
- Republic
- Socialism
- University of Oxford
- Public sector
- Anti-imperialism
- Standard of living
- Napoleon
- Knights Hospitaller
- Military
- Mark Montebello
Place in the tradition
Part of Philosophy in Malta.