Political Leadership
Political Leadership and the Problem of the Charismatic Power Author(s): Carl J. Friedrich Source: The Journal of Politics, Vol. 23, No. 1, (Feb., 1961), pp. 3-24 Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Southern Political Science Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2127069 Accessed: 04/08/2008 17:34
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POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND THE PROBLEM OF THE CHARISMATIC POWER*
CARLJ. FRIEDRICH
Harvard University
introduced sociology into and its derivatives, THE TERM charisma many years ago by a Germansociologist, has lately been spreading into political science here and abroad. The intellectuals' desire to sound profound by the use of unfamiliar words may have a share in this fad, but it would seem that the term also responds to a very real need. One recent writer goes so far as to define charisma
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POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND THE PROBLEM OF THE CHARISMATIC POWER*
CARLJ. FRIEDRICH
Harvard University
introduced sociology into and its derivatives, THE TERM charisma many years ago by a Germansociologist, has lately been spreading into political science here and abroad. The intellectuals' desire to sound profound by the use of unfamiliar words may have a share in this fad, but it would seem that the term also responds to a very real need. One recent writer goes so far as to define charisma