Natur und Herrschaft
Subtitle: Analysen Zur Physik der Macht
Publisher: de Gruyter GmbH, Walter
Published: 2016
Language: ger; eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9783110452372
Subjects: Political leadership; Power (social sciences); Personality; Human behavior; Human body
Description: "These conference proceedings address the shifting meanings, upheavals, invalidations, and validations linked to different perceptions of 'natural' rule. A focus is placed on widespread strategies for legitimizing and delegitimizing political office holders in pre-modern societies by means of recurrent recourse to 'natural' criteria marking an individual as distinct and qualified to lead"--Provided by publisher.