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Suggestions for a Redefinition of Charisma

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ID7096005
AuthorsStephan Feuchtwang (corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume12
Issue2
Pages90-105
Publication date2008-08-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1092-6690 • E-ISSN: 1541-8480
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/nr.2008.12.2.90
OpenAlexW2131100803
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited3

This special issue examines charisma in the Chinese world and shows that the concept is applicable in a non-European-derived religious context. At the same time, these studies have required certain distinctions and emphases in defining what charisma is. In this they contribute to its general analysis. This article draws out their contribution by placing them within general sociological developments of Weber's original idea, linking political with religious charisma. It ends with a programmatic statement of what these Chinese studies show to be fruitful ways of describing and analyzing modern charisma in general, and concludes with a normative question, contrasting good charisma, which is accountable, with bad charisma

Charisma · Charismatic authority · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Normative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Statement (logic · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory

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Unique citing works10
Citations per year0,77
Citation span2013 - 2025 (13)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 10
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