Key Arguments

• Weber defines this type as one in which 'The leader (or a member of the administrative staff) possesses the appropriated right of representation,' stressing that the right adheres to the person or office as an appropriated power.
• He notes that this form 'is very old, and can be found in patriarchal and charismatic ruling organisations (hereditary charismatic, office-holding charismatic) of the most varied kind,' indicating its broad historical diffusion.
• He emphasises that 'The power of representation is traditionally circumscribed,' highlighting that its scope is delimited by custom and tradition rather than by modern legal rules or electoral mandates.
• The extensive list—'Clan sheikhs or tribal chiefs, the elders of Indian castes, hereditary hierarchies in sects, the Indian village senior, the Mark senior, hereditary monarchs, and all similar patriarchal and patrimonial leaders'—illustrates that this form spans from the most 'primitive' to complex patrimonial polities.
• He adds that 'Authority to conclude contracts and agreements of a statutory form with the elders of neighbouring organisations can be found even in the most primitive conditions ([e.g.,]Australia),' showing that even very early societies attribute binding external-representation powers to such appropriated leaders.

Source Quotes

By “representation,” will be primarily understood the situation discussed in Chapter 1, §11: that the action of specific members of an organisation (representatives) is imputed to the remainder, or viewed by the latter as an action that is for them “legitimate,” which should be treated as having binding validity for them, and is actually so treated. Within organised rule, however, representation can assume several typical forms: 1. Appropriated representation. The leader (or a member of the administrative staff) possesses the appropriated right of representation. As such, this is very old, and can be found in patriarchal and charismatic ruling organisations (hereditary charismatic, office-holding charismatic) of the most varied kind.

The leader (or a member of the administrative staff) possesses the appropriated right of representation. As such, this is very old, and can be found in patriarchal and charismatic ruling organisations (hereditary charismatic, office-holding charismatic) of the most varied kind. The power of representation is traditionally circumscribed.

As such, this is very old, and can be found in patriarchal and charismatic ruling organisations (hereditary charismatic, office-holding charismatic) of the most varied kind. The power of representation is traditionally circumscribed. Clan sheikhs or tribal chiefs, the elders of Indian castes, hereditary hierarchies in sects, the Indian village senior, the Mark senior, hereditary monarchs, and all similar patriarchal and patrimonial leaders of organisations of all kinds are part of this.

The power of representation is traditionally circumscribed. Clan sheikhs or tribal chiefs, the elders of Indian castes, hereditary hierarchies in sects, the Indian village senior, the Mark senior, hereditary monarchs, and all similar patriarchal and patrimonial leaders of organisations of all kinds are part of this. Authority to conclude contracts and agreements of a statutory form with the elders of neighbouring organisations can be found even in the most primitive conditions ([e.g.,]Australia).

Clan sheikhs or tribal chiefs, the elders of Indian castes, hereditary hierarchies in sects, the Indian village senior, the Mark senior, hereditary monarchs, and all similar patriarchal and patrimonial leaders of organisations of all kinds are part of this. Authority to conclude contracts and agreements of a statutory form with the elders of neighbouring organisations can be found even in the most primitive conditions ([e.g.,]Australia). Very close to appropriated representatives are: 2.

Key Concepts

• 1. Appropriated representation. The leader (or a member of the administrative staff) possesses the appropriated right of representation.
• As such, this is very old, and can be found in patriarchal and charismatic ruling organisations (hereditary charismatic, office-holding charismatic) of the most varied kind.
• The power of representation is traditionally circumscribed.
• Clan sheikhs or tribal chiefs, the elders of Indian castes, hereditary hierarchies in sects, the Indian village senior, the Mark senior, hereditary monarchs, and all similar patriarchal and patrimonial leaders of organisations of all kinds are part of this.
• Authority to conclude contracts and agreements of a statutory form with the elders of neighbouring organisations can be found even in the most primitive conditions ([e.g.,]Australia).

Context

First numbered subtype under §21, where Weber introduces 'appropriated representation' as a primordial, tradition-bound form linked to patriarchal and charismatic rule.