6min chapter

Political Theory 101 cover image

Caesar, Weber, and the Power of Charisma

Political Theory 101

CHAPTER

Should We Go for the Charismatic Leader?

In order to find a philosopher king, you would need to create a society that produces a philosopher king. And Plato thinks that as you tend to get more deviant from the society where the philosophers rule, it becomes harder and harder to produce philosophers. So one of the questions when you are asking, should we go for the charismatic leader is do we think our political institutions are thoroughly dominated by people who make it impossible for you to do anything in the first instance? It asks a larger question about whether they've become too technocratic.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode