So the notion of domination, or Herrschaft, does imply a degree of voluntariness, a minimum level of belief that in fact those who issue orders do have the right to do so or at least it is reasonable that they issue orders and I follow the orders. And domination means the likelihood that people will actually follow orders, without being coerced to do so. Power means the likelihood that people will obey order, even against resistance. And I gave you the citation last lecture, but let me come back to this. That’s, in my reading, Weber’s fundamental idea–power with an important modification. Right? Human history is all about the history of struggle for power. In fact it, in a way, misses Max Weber’s roots in Friedrich Nietzsche, or probably even, I may dare so, in Hobbes. Right? This is not a false translation, but misses an important point–namely, Weber’s interest in the way how power is being exercised. Those who translated Weber’s notion of Herrschaft as authority, like Talcott Parsons, wanted to emphasize that Weber looks at Herrschaft as something which is authoritarian–right?–where somebody acts out of authority. So I think the notion of herrschaft has very strong implications of asymmetrical power relationships what I think domination captures better than authority. And, in fact, I think just to emphasize you the importance of the translational difference, in the notion of Herrschaft, the first four letters, Herr, means the lord.
I think, people whom I feel closer in my own Weber reading, translated it more like domination rather than authority. It is translated either as authority, or it is translated as domination. Macht is translated in English as power there is no question about this. So let me just very briefly sum up where we left it last time, and then I’ll move into Weber’s theory of traditional authority.Īnd last time we were talking about the crucial distinction Weber makes between Macht and Herrschaft. I think this is a very important theory–extremely influential and extremely insightful. So probably the last thing you want to think about now is a test, but let me still talk about the theory of domination. I deleted it from the questions, but I promise I will get this back in one way or another for the next test. Professor Iván Szelényi: Well, I would like very briefly to come back to Weber’s theory of domination. Foundations of Modern Social Theory SOCY 151 - Lecture 18 - Weber on Traditional AuthorityĬhapter 1.
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