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Political leadership Nations and Charisma, co-edited with Margit Wunsch
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Description
This ground-breaking and innovative book examines the influence of charisma on power, authority and nationalism. The authors both apply and challenge Max Weber’s concept of ‘charisma’ and integrate it into a broader discussion of other theoretical models. Using an interdisciplinary approach, leading international scholars draw on a diverse range of cases to analyse charisma in benign and malignant leaderships, as well as the relationship between the cult of the leader, the adulation of the masses and the extension of individual authority beyond sheer power. They discuss idiosyncratic authority and oratory, and they address how political, social and regional variations help explain concepts and policies which helped forge and reformulate nations, national identities and movements. The chapters on particular charismatic leaders cover Abraham Lincoln, Kemal Atatürk, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Gamal Nasser, Jörg Haider and Nelson Mandela. Political Leadership, Nations and Charisma will appeal to readers who are interested in history, sociology, political communication and nationalism studies.
ISBN
9780415671514
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Relational Format
book
Department
Arch Dalrymple III Department of History
Publisher
Routledge
Disciplines
Leadership Studies | Politics and Social Change
Recommended Citation
Ibrahim, Vivian and Wunsch, Margit, "Political leadership Nations and Charisma, co-edited with Margit Wunsch" (2012). Liberal Arts Faculty Books. 114.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/libarts_book/114