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Soviet relations of domination: legitimate or illegitimate?
Sowjetische Machtbeziehungen: legitim oder nicht legitim?
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Abstract Questions of domination and power, legitimacy and legitimation have driven 20th century research on dictatorship and democracy, on totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, on fascism and communism and even on capitalism versus socialism. Reference to Max Weber's ideal-types of legitimate domination w... mehr
Questions of domination and power, legitimacy and legitimation have driven 20th century research on dictatorship and democracy, on totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, on fascism and communism and even on capitalism versus socialism. Reference to Max Weber's ideal-types of legitimate domination was universal, but the prior logical distinction between legitimate and illegitimate domination remained unexamined. Hence Soviet relations of domination were appraised as 'total', 'goal-rational', 'new traditionalist' and 'eudaemonic' but never was the legitimacy of relations of command and obedience examined closely, not even in the light of the scope, duration and intensity of Stalinist terror. We propose such a re-examination here and conclude that as a consequence of the terror Soviet (imperial) relations of domination were illegitimate.
We buttress this hypothesis through a historical comparison between the Soviet, National Socialist and Chinese communist case; by contrasting it with the most theoretically informed contemporary appraisal of the Soviet path after Stalin's death; and by defending the excess content of the new hypothesis vis-à-vis such notions as 'total domination', 'goal-rational legitimation', 'new traditionalist legitimacy' and 'eudaemonic legitimacy'. Our discussion challenges sociology to develop a general theory of domination as a social relation – as begun by Max Weber but never completed.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
20. Jahrhundert; Faschismus; historische Entwicklung; Imperialismus; Demokratie; Nationalsozialismus; Diktatur; Herrschaft; Legitimation; UdSSR; Weber, M.; Macht; Legitimität; Totalitarismus; Kommunismus
Klassifikation
Staat, staatliche Organisationsformen
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Methode
Theorieanwendung; historisch
Freie Schlagwörter
Domination; power; legitimacy; Soviet empire; terror; totalitarianism; goalrational
legitimation; eudaemonic legitimacy; legal-rational domination
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2005
Erscheinungsort
Berlin
Seitenangabe
26 S.
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; nicht begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung