Is subversion just another version of state aversion? Notes on Herzfeld’s Subversive archaism

Abstract

In addition to tradition, Weber goes on to list three other bases of legitimacy: “affectual,” “value-rational,” and “legal.” It is not clear if Weber meant this to be a ranked list, but the way he elaborates on tradition a few sentences later suggests that he intended it to come first. According to Weber, tradition is a powerful source of legitimacy because it achieves the pinnacle of what Paul Kockelman and Andrew Carruthers might call two kinds of “moreness.” For Weber, tradition is so secure in its moreness that he even ascribes it an “est” and a “most” (that is,