Twilight of Authority
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"Twilight of Authority" is a sociological work by Robert Nisbet that analyzes the decline of traditional institutions and the erosion of social authority in modern Western societies.
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| Twilight of Authority canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3689981 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Twilight of Authority Context triple: [Robert Nisbet, notableWork, Twilight of Authority]
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A.
The Passage of Power
The Passage of Power is the fourth volume in Robert A. Caro’s acclaimed biographical series on Lyndon B. Johnson, covering Johnson’s vice presidency and his dramatic assumption of the presidency after John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
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B.
The Path to Power
The Path to Power is the first volume of Robert A. Caro’s acclaimed biographical series on Lyndon B. Johnson, detailing his early life and relentless rise in Texas politics.
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C.
The Ends of Power
The Ends of Power is a memoir by former White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman that offers an insider’s account of the Nixon administration and the Watergate scandal.
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D.
The Lessons of Power
The Lessons of Power is a political memoir by former French president François Hollande reflecting on his years in office and the exercise of presidential authority.
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E.
Enlightenment’s Wake
Enlightenment’s Wake is a philosophical work by John Gray that critically examines and challenges the legacy of Enlightenment rationalism and liberal humanism in modern political thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Twilight of Authority Target entity description: "Twilight of Authority" is a sociological work by Robert Nisbet that analyzes the decline of traditional institutions and the erosion of social authority in modern Western societies.
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A.
The Passage of Power
The Passage of Power is the fourth volume in Robert A. Caro’s acclaimed biographical series on Lyndon B. Johnson, covering Johnson’s vice presidency and his dramatic assumption of the presidency after John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
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B.
The Path to Power
The Path to Power is the first volume of Robert A. Caro’s acclaimed biographical series on Lyndon B. Johnson, detailing his early life and relentless rise in Texas politics.
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C.
The Ends of Power
The Ends of Power is a memoir by former White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman that offers an insider’s account of the Nixon administration and the Watergate scandal.
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D.
The Lessons of Power
The Lessons of Power is a political memoir by former French president François Hollande reflecting on his years in office and the exercise of presidential authority.
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E.
Enlightenment’s Wake
Enlightenment’s Wake is a philosophical work by John Gray that critically examines and challenges the legacy of Enlightenment rationalism and liberal humanism in modern political thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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sociological work ⓘ |
| addresses |
cultural pessimism
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problems of social integration ⓘ role of elites ⓘ |
| analyzes |
church
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community ⓘ family ⓘ state ⓘ traditional institutions ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
communitarian ideas
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conservative social thought ⓘ |
| author | Robert Nisbet ⓘ |
| conceptualFocus |
authority
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intermediate institutions ⓘ legitimacy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| critiques |
bureaucratic state
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centralization of power ⓘ mass society ⓘ |
| examines |
decline of mediating institutions
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relationship between individual and community ⓘ sources of social cohesion ⓘ |
| field |
social theory
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sociology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
modern Western societies
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modernity ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
fragmentation of social order
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institutional decay ⓘ loss of community ⓘ twilight of authority ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | historical-sociological analysis ⓘ |
| hasReception | influential in debates on authority and community ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alexis de Tocqueville
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Max Weber ⓘ classical sociology ⓘ Émile Durkheim ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
crisis of modern Western societies
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decline of traditional institutions ⓘ erosion of social authority ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
The Quest for Community
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conservative sociology of Robert Nisbet ⓘ |
| usedIn |
political theory courses
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social philosophy discussions ⓘ sociology courses ⓘ |
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