... within a group, Weber lays particular stress on the importance of the relation of action in it, to an order. So in differentiating types of authority, he takes as his point of departure, variation in the nature of the claim of domination which is involved in an ... as well as the members are in some sense subject. From this starting point, Weber opens his analysis with the introduction of a classification of three basic types of authority; the 'rational-legal' authority, the 'traditional' authority and the 'charismatic' authority. Authority legitimized on rational grounds ...

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... understanding of social life in both the modern and contemporary society." The 'Frankfurt school' of critical theory founded in 1923 in German mainly aimed to bring together different types of Marxist thinking to construct an 'important version of neoMarxism' (Agger, 1998:78; Ricoeur, 1974:21-22). The Frankfurt school includes well known theorists such as Max Horkeimer, Ardono ... of critical theory stated by Rasmussen is that it "it takes over the program of 'critique of ideology,' which falsely presumes that it can 'enthrone its own norms and ideals as self-evident...

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