Frank Furedi is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, Canterbury, and Visiting Professor in the Institute of Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London. Dr Furedi has published widely on controversies relating to issues such as health, parenting children, food and new technology, and his books and articles provide an authoritative yet lively account of key developments in contemporary cultural life that have been widely debated in the media.
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Introduction: always in question 1. Thersites and the personification of anti-authority 2. Socrates and the quest for authority 3. Rome and the founding of authority 4. Augustus ¿ a role model for authority through the ages 5. Medieval authority and the investiture contest 6. Medieval claim-making and the sociology of tradition 7. Reformation and the emergence of the problem of order 8. Hobbes and the problem of order 9. The rationalisation of authority 10. The limits of the authority of the rational 11. Taming public opinion and the quest for authority 12. Nineteenth-century authority on the defensive 13. Authority transformed into sociology's cause 14. The rise of negative theories of authority 15. By-passing authority through the rationalisation of persuasion 16. In the shadow of authoritarianism Conclusion: final thoughts.
Introduction: always in question; 1. Thersites and the personification of anti-authority; 2. Socrates and the quest for authority; 3. Rome and the founding of authority; 4. Augustus - a role model for authority through the ages; 5. Medieval authority and the investiture contest; 6. Medieval claim-making and the sociology of tradition; 7. Reformation and the emergence of the problem of order; 8. Hobbes and the problem of order; 9. The rationalisation of authority; 10. The limits of the authority of the rational; 11. Taming public opinion and the quest for authority; 12. Nineteenth-century authority on the defensive; 13. Authority transformed into sociology's cause; 14. The rise of negative theories of authority; 15. By-passing authority through the rationalisation of persuasion; 16. In the shadow of authoritarianism; Conclusion: final thoughts.
Introduction: always in question 1. Thersites and the personification of anti-authority 2. Socrates and the quest for authority 3. Rome and the founding of authority 4. Augustus ¿ a role model for authority through the ages 5. Medieval authority and the investiture contest 6. Medieval claim-making and the sociology of tradition 7. Reformation and the emergence of the problem of order 8. Hobbes and the problem of order 9. The rationalisation of authority 10. The limits of the authority of the rational 11. Taming public opinion and the quest for authority 12. Nineteenth-century authority on the defensive 13. Authority transformed into sociology's cause 14. The rise of negative theories of authority 15. By-passing authority through the rationalisation of persuasion 16. In the shadow of authoritarianism Conclusion: final thoughts.
Introduction: always in question; 1. Thersites and the personification of anti-authority; 2. Socrates and the quest for authority; 3. Rome and the founding of authority; 4. Augustus - a role model for authority through the ages; 5. Medieval authority and the investiture contest; 6. Medieval claim-making and the sociology of tradition; 7. Reformation and the emergence of the problem of order; 8. Hobbes and the problem of order; 9. The rationalisation of authority; 10. The limits of the authority of the rational; 11. Taming public opinion and the quest for authority; 12. Nineteenth-century authority on the defensive; 13. Authority transformed into sociology's cause; 14. The rise of negative theories of authority; 15. By-passing authority through the rationalisation of persuasion; 16. In the shadow of authoritarianism; Conclusion: final thoughts.
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'A convincing and very knowledgeable study of the notion of authority throughout the history of western social and political thought. Spanning almost thirty centuries of western thought, it is profound, well-argued and an impressive tribute to the wealth of sociological and philosophical scholarship.' Mark Bovens, Utrecht University School of Governance
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