Rousseau and Weber

Two Studies in the Theory of Legitimacy
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-415-40217-0
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 690 g

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Max Weber, central thinkers to the discussion of political legitimacy, represent two very different stages and forms of social theory: early modern political philosophy and classical sociology. In these studies, Dr Merquior describes and assesses their individual contributions to the understanding of the concept of political legitimacy.

Dr Merquior compares Rousseau and Weber to a handful of other major theorists and highlights the contemporary prospects of the alternatives between democratic participation and bureaucratizm.

This book was first published in 1980.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Merguior, J.G.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part 1 Rousseau’s Political Philosophy; Chapter 1 Rousseau’s Theory of Political Legitimacy: the General will; Chapter 2 The Intellectual Background of the Social Contract; Chapter 3 Conflicting Misinterpretations and Unilateral Assessments; Chapter 4 The Theory of Democratic Legitimacy; Chapter 5 Concluding Remarks: Rousseau the ‘Anarchaist’; Part 2 Weber’s Sociology of Legitimacy; Chapter 6 An Outline of Weber’s Theory of Legitimacy; Chapter 7 A Brief Assessment of Weber’s Theory of Legitimacy; Chapter 8 Historicism and Sociology;

Über Autor(innen)

J. G. Merquior