Bertrand de Jouvenel - the end of the restriction of power by the objective pursued by it (and thus the legitimacy of civil disobedience) - and as the target nciht suddenly more power was used but power limiting Expanding:
"The idea of the end, after having played in medieval Catholic thought the part of a correctie to the idea of sovereignty (the obedience due to a Power by reason of its legitimacy could, that is to say, be disclaimed if the Power stopped aiming at the common good), suffered eclipse in the theories of popular sovereignty. (...) the hypothesis was made that a Power which was the legitimate emanation of society would for that very reason never cease to seek the social good, because "the General Will is always righteous and always aims at the public advantage".
In the nineteenth century (...) the idea of the end reappears, but its influence then is quite different from that which it exercised in the Middle Ages. In those days it had, in effect, served as on obstacle to the developtment of Power. But in the nineteenth century it will be seen Furthering its developtment. This reversal is related to at entirely new way of picturing society, Which is now regarded not as in aggregate of individuals with common principles, but as a developing organism. "
Bertrand de Jouvenel. On Power, p. 48f. Liberty Fund , 1992
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