Political leadership, nations and charisma / / edited by Vivian Ibrahim and Margit Wunsch

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.3/4
• Soggetto topico: Political leadership - Psychological aspects; Charisma (Personality trait) - Political aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: IbrahimVivian WunschMargit <1986->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Political Leadership, Nationsand Charisma; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Weber's concept of charismatic domination; Part I: Nations and charisma; 2. The charisma of nations; 3. Charisma and founding fatherhood; 4. Leadership, national characterand charisma; Part II: The cult of the leader, the role of the masses; 5. Charisma and the cult of the hero in Risorgimento Italy; 6. Abraham Lincoln The apotheosis of a Republican hero; 7. Mussolini and Hitler Charisma, regime, and national catastrophe ; 8. Nasser and the charisma of language ; Part III: Charisma in the present day; 9. In the name of the father, the teacher and the hero: the Atatürk personality cult in Turkey; 10. Talking about Jörg Haider Enactment of Volksnähe; 11. Madiba magic Nelson Mandela's charisma; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Political leadership, nations and charisma
• ISBN: 1-136-34145-5; 0-203-12379-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461859303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge research in political communication ; ; 7.