ABSTRACT
The most important form of relationship in the whole social world is the relationship between the leader and his followers, between the superior and his subordinates. Superiority and subordination constitute the sociological expression of psychological differences in human beings, and wherever these are associated, there they appear in a more or less pronounced form. The relationship between the group elements and the leader is usually a combination of submission and opposition. In subordination to an objective structure, the superior-inferior relationship itself obtains a more or less objective character. The participation of the superior in the relationship loses its subjective aspects and obtains a super individual character. The subordination to an impersonal principle has a sociological aspect if it leads to specific and characteristic relationships between the subordinate individuals. The history of Spain shows an interesting illustration of the persistence of the psychological characteristic long after the actual sociological relationships had disappeared.
