Charisma, Medieval and Modern

• Hoofdauteur: Peter Iver Kaufman (Ed.) (auth)
• Andere auteurs: Gary Dickson (Ed.) (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2014
• Onderwerpen: celebrity; cult; heroism; Weber; charisma; social memory
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

What is striking about this collection is that all the writers testify to one fact-the extraordinary fruitfulness of Max Weber's idea of charisma. Proof of the capaciousness of the Weberian idea of charisma is its diffusion outside the academic community, although "charisma" as popula...