Charismatic authority
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- | The [[sociologist]] [[Max Weber]] defined '''charismatic authority''' as "resting on devotion to the exceptional sanctity, heroism or exemplary character of an individual person, and of the normative patterns or order revealed or ordained by him." [[Charisma]]tic authority is one of three forms of [[authority]] laid out in Weber's [[tripartite classification of authority]], the other two being [[traditional authority]] and [[rational-legal authority]]. The concept has acquired wide usage among sociologists. | + | '''Charismatic authority''' is a concept of leadership developed by the German [[sociologist]] [[Max Weber]]. It involves a type of [[organization]] or a type of [[leadership]] in which [[authority]] derives from the [[charisma]] of the leader. This stands in contrast to two other types of authority: [[legal authority]] and [[traditional authority]]. Each of the three types forms part of [[Max Weber]]'s [[tripartite classification of authority]]. |
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+ | "Charisma" is an ancient Greek term that initially gained prominence through Saint Paul's letters to the emerging Christian communities in the first century. In this context, it generally referred to a divinely-originating "gift" that demonstrated the authority of God within the early leaders of the Church. [[Max Weber]] took this theological notion and generalized it, viewing it as something that followers attribute, thereby opening it up for use by [[sociologist]]s who applied it to political, military, celebrity, and non-Christian religious contests. and "charismatic leadership". | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Authentic leadership]] | * [[Authentic leadership]] | ||
- | * [[Cult of personality]] | + | * [[Caudillo]] |
+ | * [[Demagogue]] | ||
* [[Führerprinzip]] | * [[Führerprinzip]] | ||
* [[Monarch]] | * [[Monarch]] | ||
+ | * [[Power (social and political)]] | ||
+ | * [[Tripartite classification of authority]] | ||
* ''[[The Three Types of Legitimate Rule]]'' | * ''[[The Three Types of Legitimate Rule]]'' | ||
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Charismatic authority is a concept of leadership developed by the German sociologist Max Weber. It involves a type of organization or a type of leadership in which authority derives from the charisma of the leader. This stands in contrast to two other types of authority: legal authority and traditional authority. Each of the three types forms part of Max Weber's tripartite classification of authority.
"Charisma" is an ancient Greek term that initially gained prominence through Saint Paul's letters to the emerging Christian communities in the first century. In this context, it generally referred to a divinely-originating "gift" that demonstrated the authority of God within the early leaders of the Church. Max Weber took this theological notion and generalized it, viewing it as something that followers attribute, thereby opening it up for use by sociologists who applied it to political, military, celebrity, and non-Christian religious contests. and "charismatic leadership".
See also
- Authentic leadership
- Caudillo
- Demagogue
- Führerprinzip
- Monarch
- Power (social and political)
- Tripartite classification of authority
- The Three Types of Legitimate Rule