Title: The Age of Charisma
Subtitle: Understanding the Charismatic Personality
Subject Classification: Psychology, Religion and Faith, Business and Management, Society and Culture
BIC Classification: JM, JMS, HR
BISAC Classification: PSY023000, REL079000, SOC002010
Binding: Hardback, pp.(to be confirmed)
Planned Publication date: March 2024
ISBN (printed book): 978-1-80441-205-3
ISBN (web pdf): 978-1-80441-206-0

Price: £79.99

e-books available for libraries from Proquest and EBSCO with non-institutional availability from GooglePlay

For larger orders, or orders where you require an invoice, contact us admin@ethicspress.com

Description

Charisma encompasses power, popularity, and influence. Yet behind the curtain, complexity, chaos, and insecurity lurk. Examining the lives of charismatic personalities in a variety of fields (religion, entertainment, business, sects, etc) a picture emerges of distorted, unfulfilled souls yearning for the limelight by an inescapable force they cannot understand yet which fuels their very existence. The Age of Charisma: Understanding the Charismatic Personality examines personalities from their earliest upbringings to their often tragic end, examining the similarities that brings the charismatic to the glowing stage of fame that only temporarily assuages wounds from unhappy childhoods.  The charismatic personality has always been part of human history, but they shine brighter today thanks in part to our media-dominated landscape and the growing reliance on visual rather than written communication. Ours is a golden time for such enigmatic personalities; their social influence and idolatry have never been greater.

This book is written for scholars, instructors and researchers broadly interested in charisma as a social phenomenon and as the product of an expansive reality dominated by screens.

Biography

Author: Dr. Taso G. Lagos is a lecturer and program manager at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Reviews

This title is currently being reviewed. Please check back for further updates in due course.