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First published in 2018 by Polity Press
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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-1697-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-1698-8 (pb)
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Names: Wendt, Fabian, author.
Title: Authority / Fabian Wendt.
Description: Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2018] | Series: Key concepts in political theory | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017056826 (print) | LCCN 2018004823 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509517015 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509516971 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509516995 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Authority--Social aspects. | Authority--Philosophy.
Classification: LCC HM1251 (ebook) | LCC HM1251 .W46 2018 (print) | DDC 303.3/6--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017056826
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Many people helped in the process of writing this book and I am deeply grateful for their support. John Horton, Laura Valentini, and an anonymous colleague read the manuscript for Polity Press and provided generous reports with helpful and detailed comments. Peter Dietsch was kind enough to organize a manuscript workshop at the Centre de recherche en éthique in Montreal in November 2017. At the workshop, I benefited from insightful commentaries by Arash Abizadeh, Étienne Brown, Peter Dietsch, Richard Healey, Angie Pepper, and Daniel Weinstock. Moreover, Vuko Andric, Emanuela Ceva, and Anita Wendt read (parts of) the manuscript and provided valuable feedback, and George Owers from Polity Press was a great and enthusiastic guide all along.