Charisma in Politics, Religion and the Media

Private Trauma, Public Ideals
1996. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-333-64794-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 121 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

What are the origins of charisma? Are these the same in the various forms of public life, in politics and the media as well as in religion? In this new and radical interpretation of charisma, David Aberbach argues that the basis of charisma in all its forms must be found in the often-obscure symbolic intersection between the inner world of the charismatic and external social and political reality. As illustrations of various facets of this argument, he provides general analyses of charisma in politics, religion and the media as well as individual studies of Churchill, Hitler, Krishnamurti, Bialik and Chaplin.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aberbach, D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Political Charisma: Crisis and Paradox - Churchill in 1940-41: The Fragility of Charisma - Hitler: Charisma and Racism - Charisma and Religion: From Ecstasy to Democracy - Krishnamurti: Reluctant Messiah - Paradoxes of a 'National Poet': the Strange Case of Bialik - Charisma and the Media - Chaplin: Of Crime and Genius - Conclusion - Bibliography - Index

Über Autor(innen)

DAVID ABERBACH