Table of Contents:
“…Introduction: Always in question -- Thersites and the personification of anti-
authority -- Socrates and the quest for
authority -- Rome and the founding of
authority -- Augustus : a role model for
authority through the ages -- Medieval
authority and the investiture contest -- Medieval claim-making and the sociology of tradition -- Reformation and the emergence of the problem of order -- Hobbes and the problem of order -- The rationalisation of
authority -- The limits of the
authority of the rational -- Taming public opinion and the quest for
authority -- Nineteenth century
authority on the defensive --
Authority transformed into sociology's cause -- The rise of negative theories of
authority --
By-passing
authority through the rationalisation of persuasion -- In the shadow of authoritarianism -- Conclusion: Final thoughts.…”
Call Number: HM1251 .F87 2013
Book