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The Frailty of Authority explores the social, economic, cultural, and historical forces that shape and constrain the common worldviews that give ideological legitimacy to collectivities ranging from dynastic American families to Communist party cadres in China. The Frailty of Authority is the fifth consecutive volume in the series, Political Anthropology. It offers original analyses in a pioneering, multidisciplinary field concerned with understanding political man. Articles cover a wide range of theoretical, conceptual, and methodological approaches in exploring the complex inter-relationships among socioeconomic, cultural, and political phenomena.

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Myron J. Aronoff is professor of political science and anthropology at Rutgers University. He is author of Power and Ritual in the Israel Labor Party and has edited Freedom and Constraint: A Memorial Tribute to Max Gluckman.

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