1. CHARISMA, ORDER, AND STATUS.
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Shils, Edward
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SOCIAL psychology ,CHARISMA ,SENSITIVITY (Personality trait) ,SOCIAL status ,HIERARCHIES ,SOCIAL scientists ,SOCIAL sciences - Abstract
In this paper I explore the ramifications of charismatic sensitivity, i.e., the propensity to impute charismatic qualities to actions, persons, institutions and cultural objects. My analysis takes its point of departure in Max Weber's analysis of charismatic authority, in trying to analyze charismatic authority more systematically than Weber was able to do, I have concluded that he was dealing with one particular variant of the charismatic propensity, which has more far-reaching, more permeative manifestations than his analysis has hitherto led us to believe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1965
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