막스 베버의 정통성 연구의 현대적 의의

• 영문명: A Contemporary Perspective on Max Weber's Study of Legitimacy
• 발행기관: 한국사학사학회
• 저자명: 임상우(Lim, Sang-Woo)
• 간행물 정보: 『한국사학사학보』제13권, 185~202쪽, 전체 18쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 역사학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2006.06.30

영문 초록

Max Weber's life-long endeavor to establish a new “social science (Sozialwissenschaft)” was geared to overcome the defects of historical science that had been based on the premises of historicism. In so doing, he developed an scientific tool of so-called “ideal type”, which is an heuristic device to understand(verstehen) the reality that is not to be comprehended by arbitrary and inaccurate concepts used in historical studies. One of the most well-known and frequently mentioned ideal types Weber suggested was his conception of “legitimacy”. Major part of his Economy and Society was devoted to discuss and develop a typology of governance (Herrschaft). He offered a three types of governance: legal, traditional, and charismatic. Those three “pure” types of legitimacy were to explain(erklaeren) the historical variations that had occurred in actual world. Out of the three types, the legal legitimacy was the one that Weber had most keen interest in. With this study he wanted to understand the characteristics of the modern state that is based on rational bureaucracy and legal system. Since Weber's death, the historical developments of the modern states in the twentieth century have shown the utmost importance of the legal legitimacy that he had delved in, especially when we observe the process of the legitimation of a regime whether it was established by the force against the will of people. In this sense, Weber's considerations of the problems raised from the legitimation process are closely relevant to the evaluation of the legitimate state in the contemporary era.

키워드

막스 베버 정통성 지배의 유형학 카리스마적 지배 이상형 Max Weber Legitimacy Charisma Ideal type Typology of Governance