The Crisis of Legitimacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3970589 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Mensch (0000-0002-5352-8517, Charles University), James R Mensch (0000-0001-5644-0580, Charles University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 127-142 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The European Legacy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-8770 • E-ISSN: 1470-1316 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10848770.2023.2281140 |
| OpenAlex | W4388976352 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
In recent years, the West has increasingly experienced a sense that the political aspects of its social life have undergone a profound alteration. There is a sense of blockage, of non-responsiveness, a feeling that the political class no longer represents the interests of the broader society. Underlying all of this is a loss of legitimacy. What exactly is legitimacy? How does it function? How is it lost? These are the questions that I address in this article. While I refer to Max Weber’s remarks on legitimacy, my thesis is my own. My claim is that legitimacy involves temporal identity. It depends upon the ability of both individuals and peoples to identify themselves as the same over time. Legitimacy’s breakdown is the breakdown of this identity
Aesthetics · Economics · Epistemology · Feeling · Law and economics · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations · Law · Philosophical and Historical Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |