Facing Authority: A Theory of Political Legitimacy Thomas Fossen

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0197645704
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0197645703
• Author(s): Thomas Fossen

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Political protest is often at least partially about the question of legitimacy. How can we distinguish whether a regime is legitimate, or merely purports to be so?

In Facing Authority, Thomas Fossen develops a new philosophical approach to political legitimacy, interweaving analyses of key concepts (including representation, identity, and temporality) with examples of real-life struggles for legitimacy, from the German Autumn to the Arab Spring. Instead of asking “what makes authorities legitimate?” in the abstract, Fossen investigates how the question of legitimacy manifests itself in practice.

Table contents:

Introduction

Part One: The Question of Legitimacy

1. Beyond Codification

2. Rethinking Legitimacy

3. Rethinking Judgment

Part Two: Judgment in the Face of Authority

4. Portraying Power

5. Legitimacy as an Existential Predicament

6. Judgment as Timecraft

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

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