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" charisma' will be applied to a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptional powers or qualities. "
Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero - Page 14
by Lucy Riall, Professor of History Lucy Riall - 2007 - 482 pages
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On Charisma and Institution Building

Max Weber - Social Science - 1968 - 371 pages
...is not really confined to the political sphere but stretches far behind it. Weber describes charisma as "a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically...
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On Charisma and Institution Building

Max Weber - Social Science - 1968 - 371 pages
...CHARISMATIC AUTHORITY AND ITS ROUTINIZATION Charismatic Authority THE TERM "charisma" will be applied to a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically...
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Dangerous Liaisons: Gender, Nation, and Postcolonial Perspectives

Anne McClintock, Aamir Mufti, Ella Shohat - Social Science - 1997 - 562 pages
..."charisma" in The Theory of Social and Economic Organization: The term "charisma" will be applied to a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically...
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The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide

Gerd Theissen, Annette Merz - Religion - 680 pages
...his relations to his disciples and followers among the people. The term "charisma" will be applied to a certain quality of an individual personality by...treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or a least specifically exceptional powers and qualities. These are such as are not accessible to the...
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Ascetics, Society, and the Desert: Studies in Early Egyptian Monasticism

James E. Goehring - Religion - 1999 - 324 pages
...continuing success. He termed this evolution "the routinization of charisma."22 Weber defined charisma as a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically...
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Many Petals of the Lotus: Five Asian Buddhist Communities in Toronto

Janet McLellan - Religion - 1999 - 284 pages
...(Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche, Globe and Mail, 6 September 1980). Max Weber (1964: 43) defined charisma as, 'a certain quality of an individual personality, by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically...
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God and the Chip: Religion and the Culture of Technology

William A. Stahl, Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion - Computers - 1999 - 199 pages
...charismatic leadership was the basis for one type of legitimate authority (1947: 358-63). He defined charisma as: A certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which £e is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least...
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The Epic Hero

Dean A. Miller - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 522 pages
...is in his well-known interest in charisma and the charismatic. Briefly, Weber conceived of charisma as "a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least exceptional...
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Primitive Rebels Or Revolutionary Modernizers: The Kurdish Nationalist ...

Paul J White - Political Science - 2000 - 276 pages
...insights they might offer. The concept of charisma is certainly central to Weber, who defines it further as 'a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary human men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least...
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The Rivers of Paradise: Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and Muhammad as ...

David Noel Freedman, Michael J. McClymond - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 720 pages
...opposed to prophets, God is not speaking — God has spoken. The term "charisma" will be applied to a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically...
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