What is Traditional Authority? | HRZone

The divine right of kings is another form of traditional authority whereby the authority of a monarch is seen as pre-ordained by God and impossible to deny or ... WhatisTraditionalAuthority? TraditionalAuthoritydefinition TraditionalauthorityisoneofthethreeformsofauthorityidentifiedbysociologistMaxWeber’stripartiteclassificationofauthority,alongsidecharismaticauthorityandrational-legalauthority. Theauthorityintraditionalauthorityisderivedfromcustom,traditionorestablishednormsandisderived,saysWeber,fromtheconceptofpatriarchalmasteryinthefamilyunit.Otherfamilymembersrespecttheruleofinheritanceandobeythepatriarch,althoughhehasnorealmeansofenforcingobedience. Thedivinerightofkingsisanotherformoftraditionalauthoritywherebytheauthorityofamonarchisseenaspre-ordainedbyGodandimpossibletodenyorchallenge.Feudalismisanotherformoftraditionalauthority,basedquasi-militaryconceptsofallegiance.Patrimonialgovernmentalsoreliesontraditionalauthority–thisisanexpansionoftheleader’shouseholdtosuchanextentthatitgivesriseto‘departments’whichhandletherolesofgovernment. Advertisement