Charisma
Document Type
Dictionary entry
Source Publication
The Blackwell dictionary of modern social thought
Edition
2nd ed.
Publication Date
1-1-2003
First Page
67
Last Page
69
Publisher
Blackwell Publishers
Abstract
Today ‘charisma’ is mostly employed to describe a heroic or extraordinary quality of an individual person, but the term's history is curious and complex. From obscure beginnings in early Christian usage, where it meant ‘the gift of grace’, charisma is now a popular catchword among journalists and lay people alike. Its twentieth-first-century connotations, and the debate it has occasioned, are inseparable from the thought of Max Weber (1864–1920).
Publisher Statement
Copyright ©2003 Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Additional Information
ISBN of the source publication: 9780631221647
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Bryman, A., & Baehr, P. (2003). Charisma. In W. Outhwaite (Ed.), The Blackwell dictionary of modern social thought (2nd ed.) (pp. 67-69). United States: Blackwell Publishers.