“Power of Mysticism” and “Mysticism of Power”
Understanding the Sociopolitical History of a Neo-hindu Movement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18973738 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Federico Squarcini (0000-0002-8485-4235, Casella Postale, 69, S. Casciano v.P., I-50026 Florence (Italy), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 343-364 |
| Publication date | 2002-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7686 • E-ISSN: 1461-7404 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0037768602049003003 |
| OpenAlex | W2018259326 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 18 |
Religious institutions created by the extraordinary efforts of a single founder—like the one examined in this essay—try hard to assure the preservation of charisma, and to guarantee its Weberian “routinization”. But this attempt does not always succeed, and quite often what originally looks like the “power of mysticism”, allowing resolute individual and social transformations, in the gradual collective evolution of a religious field turns to crystallization, stratification, bureaucratization, quickly becoming a “mysticism of power” and losing its former elasticity, dynamism and persuasive capacity
Bureaucracy · Charisma · Dynamism · Epistemology · Hinduism · Mysticism · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · Theology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |