Where do legitimacy and authority come from in metamodern OR fluid institutions?
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Replying to @autotrnslucence
Can't those institutions have regular hierarchies of power while not being dogmatic?
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Replying to @tobyshorin
Yeah sure, but where do those at the top get their power from? If it's just 'they won the bureaucratic game' then these systems are identical to modern ones. Tradition-based hierarchies aren't in rn. My worry is it's charisma-based ones next. Eugh.
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Replying to @autotrnslucence
Hmm I'm not sure if I understand your framing. Are you looking for the power model of institutions in a metamodern age? Or the authority and governance structure inside metamodern institutions?
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Replying to @tobyshorin @autotrnslucence
I think yes (cf. Lyotard), the question is about power; who or what grants authority to science? To university degrees? To media? To the gov't? Likely answer? Either force or consensus by some party. Next question: how will this consensus be achieved and who will form the party?
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Replying to @simpolism @tobyshorin
Re: how consensus will be achieved, I've been using Weber's simple model of legitimate authority - traditional/bureaucratic/charismatic ->https://sociologytwynham.com/2013/06/04/webers-definition-of-power/ …
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Replying to @autotrnslucence @tobyshorin
I'll read up on this; I'm more familiar with Foucault. Thanks!
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(Was the first link I found; probs not the best, sorry)
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