Ancient understandings of authority trace back to Rome and draw later from Catholic (Thomistic) thought and other traditional understandings. In more modern terms, forms of authority include transitional authority (exhibited … See more

There have been several contributions to the debate of political authority. Among others, Hannah Arendt, Carl Joachim Friedrich See more

The political authority in the British context can be traced to James VI and I of Scotland who wrote two political treatises called Basilikon Doron and The True Law of Free Monarchies: Or, The Reciprocal and Mutual Duty Between a Free King and His Natural Subjects See more

• Giorgio Agamben, State of Exception (2005)
• Hannah Arendt, "Authority in the Twentieth Century." Review of Politics (1956) See more

Since the emergence of the social sciences, authority has become a subject of research in a variety of empirical settings: the family … See more

The understanding of political authority and the exercise of political powers in the American context traces back to the writings of the See more

• Authority bias
• Authority (management)
• Anti-authoritarianism
• Appeal to authority See more