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Charisma

In Our Time: Philosophy

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Introduction

Max weber devised the idea of carismatic authority to explain why people accept some as their legitimate rulers and not others. He was born into a family dominated by three professions, two ancient professions and one quite modern profession. And he had a stellar academic career before having a nervous breakdown in the middle of his career that was to do with his relationship with his father. When me to discuss the idea about carisma are linda woodhead, the f d Morris professor and head of the department of theology and religious studies at king's college london. David bell, the lepedis professor in the department of history at princeton university and tom wright, reader in rhetoric at the university

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