Rousseau and Weber

<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>This book was first published in 1980.</p> Introduction; Part 1 Rousseau’s Political Philosophy; Chapter 1 Rousseau’s Theory of Political Legitimacy: the General will; Chapter 2 The Intellectual Background of the Social Contract; Chapter 3 Conflicting Misinterpretations and Unilateral Assessments; Chapter 4 The Theory of Democratic Legitimacy; Chapter 5 Concluding Remarks: Rousseau the ‘Anarchaist’; Part 2 Weber’s Sociology of Legitimacy; Chapter 6 An Outline of Weber’s Theory of Legitimacy; Chapter 7 A Brief Assessment of Weber’s Theory of Legitimacy; Chapter 8 Historicism and Sociology;