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Authority : a Sociological History by Frank Furedi is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is Authority : a Sociological History about?
Concern with authority is as old as human history itself. Eve's sin was to challenge the authority of God by disobeying his rule. Frank Furedi explores how authority was contested in ancient Greece and given a powerful meaning in Imperial Rome. Debates about religious and secular authority dominated Europe through the Middle Ages and the Reformation. The modern world attempted to develop new foundations for authority - democratic consent, public opinion, science - yet Furedi shows that this prob
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Frank Furedi
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781107007284
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Social History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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