Title: Natur und Herrschaft
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.
Subjects: Political leadership, Power (social sciences), Personality, Human behavior, Human body, Philosophy, Congresses, History, Political leadership in literature, Male domination (Social structure), Political aspects