1st Edition

Charisma and Patronage Reasoning with Max Weber

By Andrew D. McCulloch Copyright 2014
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

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 and Nelson Mandela, as well as that of Jesus, who, the author contends - in... Read more

Charisma and Patronage

Biography

Andrew D. McCulloch is Visiting Senior Fellow in Research and Social Theory at the University of Lincoln, UK.