韦伯明确提出了“合法性”这一问题并首次系统地作了论述。他划分了法理型、传统型、魅力型三种理想统治类型,并认为合法性主要就是对合法性的信仰。但是韦伯的合法性理论也存在价值缺失,可能下降或异化为统治术等局限。从形式上而言,韦伯三种类型的划分存在以偏概全的缺陷,它不是一个完备的体系。韦伯合法性理论的内在困境典型地体现了现代性的疑难。 Weber explicitly raised the issue of “legitimacy” and made the first systematic exposition. He divided the three ideal types of jurisprudence, tradition and charisma, and believed that legitimacy was mainly the belief in legitimacy. However, Weber’s legitimacy theory also lacks value, may decline or alienation as the rule of law and other limitations. Formally speaking, there are some defects in Weber’s three types of division, which is not a complete system. The intrinsic dilemma of Weber’s legitimacy theory typically embodies the difficulty of modernity.