Facing authority : : a theory of political legitimacy / / Thomas Fossen.
Facing Authority investigates the ways in which this question of legitimacy can be addressed in theory and practice, in the face of disagreement and uncertainty. Instead of asking What makes authorities legitimate?, in the abstract, it examines how the question of legitimacy of manifests itself in p...
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Superior document: | Oxford scholarship online |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Oxford University Press,, [2023] ©2024 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (168 pages) |
Notes: | Also issued in print: 2023. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1: The Question of Legitimacy
- 1. Beyond Codification
- 2. Rethinking Legitimacy
- 3. Rethinking Judgment
- Part II: Judgment in the Face of Authority
- 4. Portraying Power
- 5. Legitimacy as an Existential Predicament
- 6. Judgment as Timecraft
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.