Introduction to the Special Issue on ‘Charisma'

The introduction to the special issue on ‘charisma' offers a very brief overview of the development of the concept in the social sciences and various critiques and intersecting debates. It casts a close look at Max Weber's sometimes contradictory use of the concept and the different ways h...

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Authors: Freudenberg, Maren (Author) ; Weitzel, Tim 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2019, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 99-114
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Charisma
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
Further subjects:B charisma as process
B charisma of practices
B charisma of objects
B charisma of ideas
B charisma as communication
B charisma in relation
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Summary:The introduction to the special issue on ‘charisma' offers a very brief overview of the development of the concept in the social sciences and various critiques and intersecting debates. It casts a close look at Max Weber's sometimes contradictory use of the concept and the different ways he conceptualized it in his sociology of religion and his sociology of domination. It then examines alternative theoretical approaches to ‘charisma' that emerge in the course of the twentieth century before outlining this special issue's contribution to the conceptual debate and the individual articles' operationalization of the term by viewing charisma as relational, communicative, procedural, as well as related to ideas, practices, and objects.
ISSN:1874-8929
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748929-01202001