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ESPEJEL MENA, Jaime. Historical Sociology of the Mexican State. A Perspective of Max Weber and Michel Foucault. RIDE. Rev. Iberoam. Investig. Desarro. Educ [online]. 2025, vol.15, n.30, e874.  Epub 31-Jun-2025. ISSN 2007-7467.  https://doi.org/10.23913/ride.v15i30.2395.

The purpose of this document is to explore the approaches that Max Weber and Michel Foucault contributed to historical sociology, that is, to the way in which society constructs its political world and understands its relationship with authority and legitimacy, which allows us to understand why the State is able to endure and skillfully overcome difficult times. The review is constructed through the comparative analysis of their postulates on power and domination exercised by the State, as complex social processes. It concludes by stating that the Mexican national State is the result of a continuous formation that legitimizes it, of adjustments in the relationships between public and private actors that converge in certain forms of power. These forms of power present traits at different times, factors that allow us to speak of a historical sociology of the Mexican State.

Palabras llave : sociology; history; State; Mexico; forms of domination; legitimacy.

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