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A hatalom és az uralom fogalma
The Concept of authority and domination

Author(s): Zoltán Farkas
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: MTA Politikai Tudományi Intézete
Keywords: Social power; authority; domination

Summary/Abstract: In a paper published earlier, I was concerned with the concept, establishment and consequences of social power. In this paper I defi ne the concept of authority 170 ABSTRACTS and the concept of domination in this context. In the fi rst part of the paper, I mention the characteristic conceptions of the concept of authority, and I defi ne the concept of authority as the social power-superiority of the given individual (or group). Next, I deal with the question of which phenomenon or phenomena as consequences I attribute to authority. In the second part of the paper, I defi ne the concept of domination as institutional corporality power-superiority and I defi ne the consequence of the domination and the signifi cance of the do mina tion in the establishment of social power and authority.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 31-52
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Hungarian