Subtitle: "Ecstasy and Loss of Identity in Leader Veneration"
From the book description: "Events such as those in Nazi Germany are terrifying examples of the kind of power a charismatic leader exerts over a group or even an entire country. This work analyzes the nature and experience of charisma in Western society, seeking to unravel the meaning behind its apparent irrationality."
Publisher: JZE, Jorge Zahar Editor
Year: 1993 in this translation
Language: Brazilian Portuguese
272 pp
ISBN: 9788571101951
Translator: Carlos Augusto Costa Ribeiro
This copy is in good condition. Some discoloration to bottom of back cover and ~20 pages at the back of the book block, potentially from coffee. Some shelf wear. Pages unmarked and seemingly unread.
About the author: Charles Lindholm (1946–2023) was an American anthropologist and University Professor of Anthropology at Boston University. Educated at Columbia University, he conducted influential fieldwork among the Swat Pukhtun of northern Pakistan and later taught at Columbia, Barnard, and Harvard. His interdisciplinary scholarship explored psychological anthropology, charisma, emotion, romantic idealization, authenticity, egalitarianism, and the societies of the Islamic Middle East.
