Charisma, Social Structure and Social Change
- 1 October 1967
- journal article
- charisma in-india
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Comparative Studies in Society and History
- Vol. 10 (1) , 85-99
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0010417500004722
Abstract
Notwithstanding the wide currency of the concept of charisma in contemporary social science, considerable confusion exists in regard to its employment. While some authors insist that the concept should be used in the Weberian sense, others advocate its emancipation from the ecclesiastical context in order to render it suitable for use in the modern secular context. I will argue that “charisma” is ultimately a product of social structure and hence its nature and content will undergo a transformation as the society itself changes.Keywords
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