ISBN:
9781472440259
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1472440250
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9780754673446
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0754673448
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9781472440266
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als McCulloch, Andrew D . Charisma and patronage
DDC:
303.3
Schlagwort(e):
Weber, Max
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Weber, Max
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
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Charisma (Personality trait) / Political aspects / Case studies
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Charisma (Personality trait) / Social aspects / Case studies
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Leadership / Social aspects
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Political leadership / Social aspects
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Weber, Max, 1864-1920
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Führung
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Gesellschaft
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Politik
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Charisma (Personality trait) Case studies Social aspects
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Charisma (Personality trait) Case studies Political aspects
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Leadership Social aspects
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Political leadership Social aspects
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Politische Führung
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Charismatische Herrschaft
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Charisma
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Fallstudiensammlung
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Charisma
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Weber, Max 1864-1920
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Charismatische Herrschaft
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Politische Führung
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Max Weber and the problem of charisma -- Jesus, Christ and the mythology of charisma -- Utopian communities, charisma and moral despotism -- Charisma as a "career" -- Joan of Arc: a case of subordinate charisma -- Hitler's charisma: the worst case scenario and the paradigmatic case -- Nelson Mandela: charismatic agent of passive revolution -- Crises within US capitalism and the search for corporate charismatic leadership -- Patronage and political charisma
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
A detailed and richly illustrated analysis of charisma and the political and cultural conditions in which charismatic figures arise, this work of historical sociology critically engages with Max Weber's ambiguous concept of charisma to examine the charismatic careers of a number of figures, including Joan of Arc, Hitler, Nelson Mandela and Jesus. With close attention to the social and political legacy of charisma for modern capitalism, it also examines the emergence of a global class of the super-rich, a process buttressed by a belief on the part of business leaders in their own charismatic po
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