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Suggestions for a Redefinition of Charisma
Abstract
This special issue examines charisma in the Chinese world and shows that the concept is applicable in a non-European-derived religious context. At the same time, these studies have required certain distinctions and emphases in defining what charisma is. In this they contribute to its general analysis. This article draws out their contribution by placing them within general sociological developments of Weber's original idea, linking political with religious charisma. It ends with a programmatic statement of what these Chinese studies show to be fruitful ways of describing and analyzing modern charisma in general, and concludes with a normative question, contrasting good charisma, which is accountable, with bad charisma.
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“An important aspect to highlight regarding charismatic ritual performances is the role that the audience plays, including their receptivity and openness, as well as their expectations of the extraordinary.”
From Buddhist Ritual as “Connectionwork”: Aesthetics and Technologies of Mediating Religious Belonging (2021) · cites this paper as Feuchtwang 2008
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“Studies of Chinese religions have interpreted pure charisma as 'expectations of the extraordinary' (Feuchtwang 2008) and emphasized the affective nature of these expectations (Goossaert and Ownby 2008; Huang 2008).”
From Buddhist Ritual as “Connectionwork”: Aesthetics and Technologies of Mediating Religious Belonging (2021) · cites this paper as Feuchtwang 2008
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Metadata
- Authors
- Feuchtwang, S.
- Corresponding author
- Feuchtwang, Stephan
- Venue
- Nova Religio
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Published
- 2008-11-01
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 90-105
- ISSN
- 1092-6690 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-8480
- OpenAlex
- W2131100803
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions (publishedVersion)
- London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Study and Philosophy of Religion
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Chinese history and philosophy
- Keywords
- charisma, Max Weber, political charisma, religious charisma, Chinese religious studies, accountability, sociology of religion
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