Political Science 1020E Chapter Notes -Ideal Type, Charismatic Authority, Classical Liberalism

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Bruce Morrison

Document Summary

Marx himself argued that the role of ideology central if only in the negative sense that it prevents a scientific understanding of the state as it truly is. Marx all states seek the cause, of social problems, in fortuitous or intentional defects in the administration and hence the cure is sought in administrative measures. Weber argues that domination is one of the most important elements of communal action. But as a specific form of social power, domination must be legitimized to be political effective. As an ideal type, charismatic domination is legitimized by the purely personal qualities of the leader as a prophet, hero, or some other such form of charisma. Weber understands that the structure of the modern state carries with it certain inevitable tendencies, such as increasing centralization and bureaucratization but he does not accept the idea that these are the outcome of some larger historical process.