Talk:Tripartite classification of authority

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Contents 1 Proposed mergers 2 Table 3 Cult of personality is not equal to charismatic authority 4 Maybe there is something in the article that is NOT NPOV: 5 The classification of authority in the context of history

[edit] Proposed mergers

For discussion of the proposed merge with Max Weber, please see Talk:Max Weber#Mergers by User:Jossifresco.

[edit] Table

The table added by Piotrus (talk · contribs) seems to be original research as it attempts to summarize Weber's theories in very specific manner. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 01:39, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

I thought it is a fairly straightforward summary of his ideas. If it is new research contradictory to common academic sources, I'll remove it. Is it?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 01:43, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, summarizing his ideas in such a table, may be seen as original research. I have not seen in the literature such a table, so that is why I am asking. My preference would be to find such a table in a reputable source and use that. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 02:13, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Taking a table from a copyrighted works may not be fair use. I wanted to avoid copyright issues, so this is why I uploaded this one (which was actually done by a friend of mine).--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 02:42, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Dunno, Piotrus. Seems to be original research. We ought to be careful not do go there... ≈ jossi ≈ t • @

Summarizing somebody's writings is what all editors should do. The table is very informative, I think. Andries 03:29, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

I have no doubt that the table is informative, but it presents a very specific viewpoint of Weber's classification, and as such it may fall in the domain of original research. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 04:40, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Mhm, it may. Or it may not. I guess we should ask for more comments on this then?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 05:22, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

That would be a good idea. Thanks. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 05:27, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cult of personality is not equal to charismatic authority

State sponsored and state encouraged or initiated personality cults are not a form of charismatic authority. For example. Stalin's cult of personality was state sponsered but his autority was not charismatic, but mainly legal. Spontaneous personality cults are probably a different matter. Andries (talk) 09:43, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Maybe there is something in the article that is NOT NPOV:

[edit] The classification of authority in the context of history

It is written in the article:

(...)

Weber also notes that legal domination is the most advanced, and that societies evolve from having mostly traditional and charismatic authorities to mostly rational and legal ones, because the instability of charismatic authority inevitably forces it to "routinize" into a more structured form of authority. (...) A classic example of these three types may be found in religion:

• priests (traditional),
  
• Jesus (charismatic), and the
  
• Roman Catholic Church (legal-rational).
  (...)

I don't agree with the third example.
I would rather put United Nations and/or United Nations Security Council.
The "legality" and/or "rationality" of the Roman Catholic Church has been put into deep discussion and analysis by the italian mathematician Piergiorgio Odifreddi's essay "Why we cannot be Christians (much less catholics)" ISBN 978-88-304-2427-2.
Let's NOT forget that "religion" is the first authority in this Max Webers tripartite classification.
The lowest one in importance.
So this "legal-rationality" is internal to a charismatic domination and not to a legal domination.
Sorry!
Maurice Carbonaro (talk) 21:50, 5 October 2008 (UTC)