• DOI:10.1177/000169930004300201
Corpus ID: 143721805

Culture and Charisma: Outline of a Theory

@article{Smith2000CultureAC,
  title={Culture and Charisma: Outline of a Theory},
  author={Philip Smith},
  journal={Acta Sociologica},
  year={2000},
  volume={43},
  pages={101 - 111}
}

• Philip Smith
• Published 2000
• Sociology
• Acta Sociologica

From the work of Weber onwards charisma has been primarily explained in terms of its relationship to underlying social structural and psychological environments. The paper redresses this imbalance and examines the cultural structures that operate as preconditions for the attribution of charisma to political and religious leaders. Drawing on Weberian, Durkheimian and semiotic theory the paper argues that charisma arises in conjunction with salvation narratives. The internal structure of these… Expand

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