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Charisma - The Gift of Grace, and How It Has Been Taken Away from Us (Paperback)
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Charisma - The Gift of Grace, and How It Has Been Taken Away from Us (Paperback)
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Loot Price R415
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From the profoundly influential social theorist Philip Rieff comes
a posthumously published analysis of the deepest level of crisis in
our culture.
According to Rieff, the contemporary notion of charisma-the
personal magnetism of political leaders or movie stars-is a tragic
misunderstanding of a profoundly important concept. Charisma
originally meant religious grace and authority transferred through
divine inspiration, before it evolved into little more than a form
of celebrity stripped of moral considerations. Rieff argues that
without morality, the gift of grace becomes indistinguishable from
the gift of evil and devolves into a license to destroy in the name
of faith or ideology. Offering brilliant interpretations of
Kierkegaard, Weber, Kafka, Nietzsche, and Freud, Rieff shows how
certain thinkers attacked the very possibility of faith and genuine
charisma and helped prepare the way for a therapeutic culture in
which it is impossible to recognize anything as sacred.
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