Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Charismatic Authority, John Maynard Keynes, Invisible Hand

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Nigmendra Narain

Document Summary

Persons believe it is right, justified, or gain benefit through appeals to intellect/reason, passions, self-interest, group solidarity. Persons believe violence or threat of violence will occur. Authority: the idea that people have to accept and follow your leadership. Respect source of command=commander has right+follower has obligation to obey. Natural =spontaneous (mother and child) you naturally listen and follow their leadership. You assume they have a right to tell us what to do and we have to abide by their rules. Legal authority= achieved through process and structures involving general rules and structures involving general rules agreed/ consented/imposed upon all. Charismatic authority = extraordinary personal qualities generating authority above or beyond (sometimes without traditional or legal) Bio politics (foucault and feminists): written in on or of the body. Common sense =naturalizing languages and ideas and limiting scope for critical inquiry. Political culture =cultural attitudes towards politics and government. Attitudes, beliefs, values, norms about political issues and ideas.