# Critique of Democracy and the State in Clerambault

> Theme guide for Clerambault by Romain Rolland.

A critical examination of modern democracies, which the author argues are vitiated by 'reason of State' and lead to the rule of mediocrity, forcing thoughts and acts upon people through falsehoods of the press and centralized government.

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