How to understand Weber's political ruling type

Traditional political rule, charismatic political rule and legal political rule.

In contemporary western politics, Max Weber, a political sociologist, has a certain influence on the classification of political ruling types. According to people's different political identity and legitimacy in political life, he divided political rule into traditional political rule, charismatic political rule and legal political rule.

Weber believes that traditional political rule is based on the political values and rules formed by traditional customs and habits, and establishes political legitimacy. In this kind of political rule, members of political society agree with traditional political customs and habits.

Charismatic political rule is a political rule in which the ruler establishes political authority by virtue of the special charm and extraordinary quality of his political personality, and obtains the political recognition of social members. Because charm is pronounced Karisma in English, this rule is also called Karisma rule.

Jurisprudence-based political rule is a political rule that builds the political identity of social members, that is, political legitimacy on the authority of laws and political rules, and people only obey the rules of laws and political life.

Max Weber's classification of the types of political rule illustrates the concrete basis of political rule. Although this division has certain cognitive significance, it is not classified according to the nature of political rule.