ABSTRACT
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Max Weber, central thinkers to the discussion of political legitimacy, represent two very different stages and forms of social theory: early modern political philosophy and classical sociology. In these studies, Dr Merquior describes and assesses their individual contributions to the understanding of the concept of political legitimacy.
Dr Merquior compares Rousseau and Weber to a handful of other major theorists and highlights the contemporary prospects of the alternatives between democratic participation and bureaucratizm.
This book was first published in 1980.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |72 pages
Rousseau's Political Philosophy
chapter |8 pages
Rousseau's Theory of Political Legitimacy: the General will
chapter |10 pages
The Intellectual Background of the Social Contract
chapter |22 pages
Conflicting Misinterpretations and Unilateral Assessments
chapter |20 pages
The Theory of Democratic Legitimacy
chapter |10 pages
Concluding Remarks: Rousseau the ‘Anarchaist'
part |115 pages
Weber's Sociology of Legitimacy