Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET November 2017 Political Science
Beliefs and symbols are the distinctive features of the notion of authority in
AMarx
BParsons
CVerba
DWeber ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Weber — For Max Weber, beliefs and symbols are the distinctive features of authority, because authority rests on people's belief in its legitimacy.
Explanation
★For Max Weber, beliefs and symbols are the distinctive features of authority, because authority rests on people's belief in its legitimacy.
★In Economy and Society Weber set out three pure types of legitimate authority, the legal-rational, the traditional and the charismatic.
★He defined authority, or domination, as the probability that a command will be obeyed by a given group of people.
★What turns power into authority is precisely the shared belief that it is rightful, which is where beliefs and symbols come in.
★Marx explained power through material class relations, while Parsons and Verba worked on system functions and political culture rather than on this point.
★So Weber is the correct answer.
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