Figures of Authority - Contributions towards a Cultural History of Governance from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century (English, German, Paperback, New edition)

This book is about authority, more precisely, about figures of authority. The editors have put together an international group of renowned scholars to discuss the emergence of modern notions of authority from different angles. Modern authority is no longer legitimated by status and social position, but rather by institutional affiliation and performance. To research the genealogy and intricacies of this kind of authority, the chapters in this volume cast a closer look at the various institutional actors on whom authority has been bestowed. The authors use a case study approach to look at the instances in which modern authority emerged, was ridiculed, contested, or even failed. Taken together, the individual contributions shed new light on the intricate relationship between the subjects and their organisations; they challenge any Whig historiography of rationalisation and modernisation, and they help us to rethink the inter-relationship between modern and even postmodern institutional arrangements on the one hand, and their subjects on the other.

General

Imprint:	Presses Interuniversitaires Europeennes
Country of origin:	Belgium
Series:	Europe plurielle/Multiple Europes, 41
Release date:	July 2008
First published:	2008
Editors:	Peter Becker • Rudiger Von Krosigk
Dimensions:	220 x 150 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	324
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-90-5201-429-6
Languages:	English • German
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	90-5201-429-9
Barcode:	9789052014296

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