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Political leadership, nations and charisma [electronic resource] / edited by Vivian Ibrahim and Margit Wunsch.

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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 ap...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Ibrahim, Vivian, Wunsch Gaarmann, Margit V., 1986-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
Series:Routledge research in political communication ; 7.
Subjects:
Political leadership > Psychological aspects.
Charisma (Personality trait) > Political aspects.
Political leadership > Psychological aspects > Case studies.
Charisma (Personality trait) > Political aspects > Case studies.
Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Weber's concept of charismatic domination / John Breuilly
  • The charisma of nations / Anthony D. Smith
  • Charisma and founding fatherhood / David Martin
  • Leadership, national character and charisma / Hedva Ben-Israel
  • Charisma and the cult of the hero in Risorgimento Italy / Lucy Riall
  • Abraham Lincoln: the apotheosis of a Republican hero / Don H. Doyle
  • Mussolini and Hitler: charisma, regime and national catastrophe / MacGregor Knox
  • Nasser and the charisma of language / Vivian Ibrahim
  • In the name of the father, the teacher and the hero: the Atatürk personality cult in Turkey / Erik-Jan Zürcher
  • Talking about Jörg Haider: enactment of Volksnähe / Emo Gotsbachner
  • Madiba magic: Nelson Mandela's charisma / Elleke Boehmer.

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