Charisma and Political Leadership

Ratnam, K. J.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9248.1964.tb00732.x

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“…Such an array of features is emblematic of Weber's original and broad conception of charismatic authority and the extent to which empirical cases of charisma vary from Weber's original ideal‐type. This broad nature has prompted critical interrogation of charisma's conceptual utility (Friedrich 1961; Loewenstein 1966; Ratnam 1964; Theobald 1982). This article, however, sets out to use charisma as a conceptual tool to examine post‐Soviet leadership and legitimation.…”

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‘Papa’– Nursultan Nazarbayev and the Discourse of Charismatic Leadership and Nation‐Building in Post‐Soviet Kazakhstan

Isaacs

2010

Studies Ethnicity & National

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Taking a critical perspective on the Weberian concept of charisma this article examines elite and citizen discourse regarding the perceived charismatic leadership and nation‐building achievements of the post‐Soviet president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Using a number of ideal type features of charismatic leadership based on the typology developed by Roger Eatwell, the article argues that Nazarbayev's leadership does not fit neatly the concept of charisma. Rather, in this instance, Nazarbayev's perceived charismatic leadership as the father of the Kazakhstani nation, and the single politician capable of meeting the challenges of post‐Soviet nation‐building, is a constructed discursive force projected from above at the elite level, which resonates with public attitudes towards him at the societal level. Charisma represents a discursive mechanism that emphasises President Nazarbayev's centrality to the unity, prosperity, and stability of the nation. This charismatic discourse has aided Nazarbayev in consolidating his authoritarian regime and illustrates the existence of a distinct form of post‐Soviet charisma.

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‘Papa’– Nursultan Nazarbayev and the Discourse of Charismatic Leadership and Nation‐Building in Post‐Soviet Kazakhstan

Isaacs

2010

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“…136 American writers were using charisma to signify merely "an emotional bond between a leader and his followers," or a "leader possessed of a mystical rapport with his nation and thus, it seems, with destiny." Did charisma possess any explanatory value, or did it only serve as an admission that there was something one could not explain?…”

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Max Weber and Charisma: A Transatlantic Affair

Derman¹

2011

New German Critique

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“…A second, and related, problem with Weber's successors is that in many cases they have broadened the concept of charisma to such an extent that it loses its distinctiveness -and with it its utility (Schlesinger 1960;Ratnam 1964;Willner & Willner 1965;Roth 1979:128). A de ning strand of Weber's original formulation is that charisma relates to the sacred qualities of an individual and the sense of mission and duty that de nes the relationship between the individual leader and his or her followers (Shils 1975b;Weber 1978:241-245).…”

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Culture and Charisma: Outline of a Theory

Smith¹

2000

Acta Sociologica

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From the work of Weber onwards charisma has been primarily explained in terms of its relationship to underlying social structural and psychological environments. The paper redresses this imbalance and examines the cultural structures that operate as preconditions for the attribution of charisma to political and religious leaders. Drawing on Weberian, Durkheimian and semiotic theory the paper argues that charisma arises in conjunction with salvation narratives. The internal structure of these narratives requires binary oppositions contrasting good and evil. The model is exempli ed with reference to case studies of

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Charisma and Political Leadership

Cited by 32 publications

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‘Papa’– Nursultan Nazarbayev and the Discourse of Charismatic Leadership and Nation‐Building in Post‐Soviet Kazakhstan

‘Papa’– Nursultan Nazarbayev and the Discourse of Charismatic Leadership and Nation‐Building in Post‐Soviet Kazakhstan

Max Weber and Charisma: A Transatlantic Affair

Culture and Charisma: Outline of a Theory

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