POL SCI 6C Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Positive Liberty, Civil Society, Negative Liberty
5 Aug 2016
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Lecture #10: 2/04/16: examples of leaders, rousseau"s idea of freedom, Drew on the writings of max weber: brought into general usage the term charisma . Charisma is something that we attribute to other people charismatic leaders . The individual in concern is treated as a leader. In primitive circumstances, this peculiar personality is determined as a magical power. How the individual is actually regarded by those subject to his charismatic personality. What matters is how the followers or disciples view the leader. What"s special of a charismatic leader is that the followers regard that leader as being truly exceptional as being superhuman, very very special. He had been a minor military officer in the french military. 1930s, published a book that argued that the position taken by the french government to protect itself from future war with germany was not going to work.
