Modernism and Charisma - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Modernism and Charisma write by A. Horvath. This book was released on 2013-02-19. Modernism and Charisma available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Looking at the relationship between modernity and the rise of charismatic leaders, Agnes Horvath uses 'threshold' situations to trace the conditions out of which political regimes developed. The focus on rationalism and structure has led to a systematic neglect of uncertain liminal moments, which gave new direction to societies and cultures.
Modern Leaders: Between Charisma and Trickery
Modern Leaders: Between Charisma and Trickery - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Modern Leaders: Between Charisma and Trickery write by Agnes Horvath. This book was released on 2020-07-26. Modern Leaders: Between Charisma and Trickery available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book considers the current striking rise of ‘outsider’ political leaders, catapulted, apparently, from nowhere, to take charge of a nation. Arguing that such leaders can be better understood with the help of the anthropologically based concept of ‘the trickster’, it offers studies of contemporary political figures from the world stage – including Presidents Macron, Tsipras, Orbán and Bolsonaro, among others – to examine the ways in which charismatic and trickster modalities can become intertwined, especially under the impact of theatrical public media. Looking beyond the commonly invoked notion of ‘charisma’ to revisit the question of political leadership in light of the recent rise of new type of ‘outsider’ leaders, Modern Leaders: Between Charisma and Trickery offers an account of leadership informed by social and anthropological theory. As such, it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in political thought and the problem of political leadership.
Modernism and the Occult
Modernism and the Occult - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Modernism and the Occult write by John Bramble. This book was released on 2015-03-04. Modernism and the Occult available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study of modernism's high imperial, occult-exotic affiliations presents many well-known figures from the period 1880-1960 in a new light. Modernism and the Occult traces the history of modernist engagement with 'irregular', heterodox and imported knowledge.
Modernism and Magic
Modernism and Magic - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Modernism and Magic write by Leigh Wilson. This book was released on 2015-10-01. Modernism and Magic available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explores the interplay between modernist experiment and occult discourses in the early twentieth century
In Defense of Charisma
In Defense of Charisma - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook In Defense of Charisma write by Vincent W. Lloyd. This book was released on 2018-03-13. In Defense of Charisma available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Martin Luther King, Jr., has charisma—as does Adolf Hitler. So do Brad Pitt, Mother Teresa, and many a high school teacher. Charisma marks, or masks, power; it legitimates but also attracts suspicion. Sociologists often view charisma as an irrational, unstable source of authority, superseded by the rational, bureaucratic legitimacy of modernity. Yet charisma endures in the modern world; perhaps it is reinvigorated in the postmodern, as the notoriety of celebrities, politicians, and New Age gurus attests. Is charisma a tool of oppression, or can it help the fight against oppression? Can reexamining the concept of charisma teach us anything useful about contemporary movements for social justice? In Defense of Charisma develops an account of moral charisma that weaves insights from politics, ethics, and religion together with reflections on contemporary culture. Vincent W. Lloyd distinguishes between authoritarian charisma, which furthers the interests of the powerful, naturalizing racism, patriarchy, and elitism, and democratic charisma, which prompts observers to ask new questions and discover new possibilities. At its best, charisma can challenge the way we see ourselves and our world, priming us to struggle for justice. Exploring the biblical Moses alongside Charlton Heston’s performance in The Ten Commandments, the image of Martin Luther King, Jr., together with tweets from the Black Lives Matter movement, and the novels of Harper Lee and Sherman Alexie juxtaposed with the writings of Emmanuel Levinas, In Defense of Charisma challenges readers to turn away from the blinding charisma of celebrities toward the humbler moral charisma of the neighbor, colleague, or relative.
