What type of person influences societys norms most significantly?
You’re asking a mixed bag question here. A “personality type” requires a Psychological answer while “society’s norms” demands a Sociological answer. Since I’m a Clinical Sociologist, I’ll give you an answer related to the kinds of people who have the “authority” to influence norms, mores, and folkways. Max Weber, in his sociological work, identified and distinguished three types of legitimate domination (Herrschaft in German, which generally means ‘domination’ or ‘rule’), that have sometimes been rendered in English translation as types of authority, because domination isn’t seen as a political concept in the first place. Weber defined domination (authority) as the chance of commands being obeyed by a specifiable group of people. Legitimate authority is that which is recognized as legitimate and justified by both the ruler and the ruled. Weber divided legitimate authority into three types: • The first type discussed by Weber is Rational-legal authority. It is that form of authority whi
