期刊名称：Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies
出版年度：2011
卷号：13
期号：1
出版社：Loyola University Chicago
摘要：Throughout history religious organizations often wielded political power. Ex-isting, often informal, theories of the political and institutional e¤ects of organizedreligion begin from the premise that religious leaders controlled popular support.Adam Smith (2009 [1776], p. 284) remarked that [w]hen the authorized teachersof religion propagate [...] doctrines subversive of the authority of the sovereign, it isby violence only [...] that he can maintain his authority.Marx (1982 [1844], p. 42)echoed Smiths insights, implying that in equilibrium religious elites are coopted bythe sovereign and discourage institutional change by preaching obedience.1
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