Natur und Herrschaft

Analysen Zur Physik der Macht

Edición de la obra Natur und Herrschaft

"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.