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Authority

Authority is commonly understood as the legitimate power of a person or group over other people. In a civil state, authority may be practiced by legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government, each of which has authority and is an authority. The term "authority" has multiple nuances and distinctions within various academic fields ranging…

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related to Further reading · 69
Authority → American Political Science Review, An Introduction, Arie, Autorität, Cambridge, Carl Joachim Friedrich, Carl Schmitt, Chapter, Conceptualising, Der Begriff, Economic Development, Economy, Exception, Freedom, Goodin, Hannah Arendt, Harper, Harvard, Harvard University Press, Hegel
related to External links · 19
Authority → Bradley, Christiano, Competition, Dowden, Edward, Fieser, Four, In Zalta, International Journal, Internet Encyclopedia, ISSN, James, OCLC, Philosophical Studies, Philosophy, Political Obligation, Robert Papazian Essay Prize, Stanford Encyclopedia, Tom
related to history · 15
Authority → Ancient, As David Laitin, Cambodia, Catholic, Emile, Geneva, George, Historical, In, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Krause, On Education, Rome, The, Thomistic
related to Political philosophy · 14
Authority → Alexandre Kojève, Among, Aristotle, Carl Joachim Friedrich, Carl Schmitt, Founding Fathers, Hannah Arendt, In, In European, Most, Plato, There, Thomas Hobbes, United States
related to Children and authority attributes · 11
Authority → Although, Children, CHS, Comparative Historical Sociological, For, Max Weber Gesamtausgabe, Regarding, The, There, Weber's, While
related to Max Weber on authority · 6
Authority → Genetic, Legitimate, Legitimated, Max Weber, The, Weber
related to Operation of religious authority · 5
Authority → At, Especially, It, Religious, Then
related to Sociology · 5
Authority → As Andreas Dorschel, In, It, Power, The
is a · 3
Authority → key concept to be defined in determining the range and role of political theory, legitimate or socially approved power which one person or a group possesses and practices over another, power to make decisions and the legitimacy to make such legal decisions and order their execution
related to Religious studies · 3
Authority → It, Religious, The

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political power legitimate religious social legitimacy weber sociology science philosophy max children studies government carl group attributes also state obedience

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Authorityis apower to make decisions and the legitimacy to make such legal decisions and order their execution0.90text
Authorityis akey concept to be defined in determining the range and role of political theory0.90text
Authorityis alegitimate or socially approved power which one person or a group possesses and practices over another0.90text
selective privileginginstance ofreflecting individuals' own ideas through processes0.80text
and it is maintained through social recognitioninstance ofreflecting individuals' own ideas through processes0.80text
particularly the acceptance of decisions made by clergy or religious leaders.Operation of religious authorityReligious authority operates through social processesinstance ofreflecting individuals' own ideas through processes0.80text
including creationinstance ofreflecting individuals' own ideas through processes0.80text
maintenanceinstance ofreflecting individuals' own ideas through processes0.80text
and transformationinstance ofreflecting individuals' own ideas through processes0.80text
Authorityrelated to Children and authority attributesThe0.60section
Authorityrelated to Children and authority attributesChildren0.60section
Authorityrelated to Children and authority attributesAlthough0.60section

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