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A brief history of research on charisma

The term “charisma” is usually credited to the writings of the Max Weber. He borrowed, secularized, and expanded the term from literature on religion (Sohm 1892), and referred to charisma as an extraordinary power, giving leaders salvationist qualities to deliver followers from great upheaval (Weber 1947, Weber 1968). 

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Variants of the term “charisma,” however, predate Sohm as well as biblical sources, and have roots in classical Greek mythology—the graces, Charites, and in particular the goddess Charis (Smith 1998). The term charis signifies much in classical Greek; in addition to gratitude (as in eucha...

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