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Authority: A Sociological History

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By (author): Frank Furedi

Concern with authority is as old as human history itself. Eve's sin was to challenge the authority of God by disobeying his rule. Frank Furedi explores how authority was contested in ancient Greece and given a powerful meaning in Imperial Rome. Debates about religious and secular authority dominated Europe through the Middle Ages and the Reformation. The modern world attempted to develop new foundations for authority democratic consent, public opinion, science yet Furedi shows that this problem has remained unresolved, arguing that today the authority of authority is questioned. This historical sociology of authority seeks to explain how the contemporary problems of mistrust and the loss of legitimacy of many institutions are informed by the previous attempts to solve the problem of authority. It argues that the key pioneers of the social sciences (Marx, Durkheim, Simmel, Tonnies and especially Weber) regarded this question as one of the principal challenges facing society. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 730g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
  • Publication Date: 12 Sep 2013
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780521189286

About Frank Furedi

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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