The Charismatic Principle in Social Life (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Bruni, Luigino; Sena, Barbara

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Max Weber laid the foundations for the meaning of 'charisma' in modern secular usage. This new volume argues for the importance of the 'charismatic principle' in history, economics and society.

This volume brings together a number of contributors at the cross section between economics, theology, sociology and politics in order to set a research agenda for the following issues:

• What does it means to have a 'charism'? How does it work in society? How might one distinguish a 'charism' from a talent? Are 'charism's given only to "special" people, or are they also present in ordinary people? Is a 'charism' necessarily associated with religion, or, is it, as we submit, possible to imagine 'charisms' at work within a secular perspective?



• Which are the principle perspectives of the role of 'charisms' in social history? How have the 'charisms' of noted personalities (e.g., Benedict, Francis, Gandhi) changed economic and social history?



• What insights might be drawn from 'civil charisms' such as the cooperative movement, non-profit organizations, social economy, and values-based organizations?

This book seeks to answer these questions through the employment of an interdisciplinary perspective, which examines the theme of the charismatic principle in social life in different fields of application.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135132965
• Artikelnr.: 38259026

Autorenporträt

Luigino Bruni is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy. Barbara Sena is based in the Faculty of Social Science ¿ University of St. Thomas in Rome, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreward: The Role of Charisma in Social Life Luigino Bruni and Barbara
Sena 1. Economy of Life: Charismatic Dynamics and Relational Goods Adrian
Pabst 2. The Role of Charisma, Ethics and Machiavellianism in Economic and
Civil Life Tamás Kovács 3. The Charismatic Principle in an American and
Democratic Context David J. O'Brien 4. Dr. Martin Luther King and the
American Civil Rights Movement: Charismatic and Institutional Perspectives
Ian Weinstein 5. Charism and Institution: An Organizational Theory Case
Study of the Economy of Communion Jeanne Buckeye and John Gallagher 6.
Benedictine Tradition and Good Governance Emil Inauen, Bruno S. Frey, Katja
Rost and Margit Osterloh 7. Opus Dei: Prayer or Labor? The Spirituality of
Work in Sts. Benedict and Escrivá James Bernard Murphy 8. Values-based
enterprises: the good practices of Italian SMEs, passionately committed to
people, environment and community Mara Del Baldo The role of the
charismatic economist E.F. Schumacher in economic and civil life: CSR and
Beyond Hendrik Opdebeeck