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Open Essays and Researches

La definizione del potere nel contesto dell’Iran: un’analisi weberiana

Dariush Rahiminia
Ascencia Malta Business School, Malta

Published 2024-02-15

Keywords

  • Iranian sociology,
  • Max Weber,
  • forms of legitimacy,
  • Iranian studies

How to Cite

Rahiminia, D. (2024). La definizione del potere nel contesto dell’Iran: un’analisi weberiana. Cambio. Rivista Sulle Trasformazioni Sociali, 14(28), 137–143. https://doi.org/10.36253/cambio-14357

Abstract

Legitimacy is a major issue for the stability of any form of government and there are many studies and various scientific/philosophical models that try address the question of the forms of legitimacy and how they lead different peoples to give their consent to as many different methods of government. In the research hereby presented, the case study of Iran, the three types of legitimacy theorized by the German sociologist Max Weber will be emphasized and, therefore, this essay will try to demonstrate how they are the most suitable method for analyzing the sociopolitical evolution of the Iranian leaderships over the past hundred years.

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