The social construction of charisma

1982 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Wallis

Max Weber laisse planer une certaine ambiguité à propos de la nature du charisme qui réside soit dans une particularité inhé rente à un individu, soit dans le caractère d'une relation sociale. Cet article analyse le cas de David Berg, ou «Moïse David», fondateur, leader et prophète des Enfants de Dieu. Jusqu'à ses 40 ans, la vie de Berg ne manifeste aucune parti cularité et il n'est qu'une sorte de «raté entre deux ages». Son cha risme trouve son origine dans la coïncidence entre la révolte des jeunes qui furent attirés par son rejet de la société américaine dont il annonce la fin prochaine et l'assurance qu'il acquiert d'avoir des adeptes prêts à reconnaître le statut et les honneurs qui lui étaient dû. Au sein de la communauté charismatique elle-même, les familiers rassemblés autour de Berg obtiennent leur statut de leur proximité du leader et renforcent sa position par la reconnaissance des bénéfices qu'ils ont reçu. Ils exportent également leur statut charismatique au dehors de la communauté parmi des subordon nés et convertis puisque la proclamation de la position de leur lea der est aussi une proclamation de leur statut propre d'associés. Mais le charisme est essentiellement précaire. Il exige constam ment renforcement et protection. Il dépend de manière cruciale de l'exclusion du contact avec lui, y compris I'exclusion ou la restric tion de la reconnaissance des contestations de ceux qui, à l'inté rieur du mouvement, mettraient en question le statut du leader. Ainsi, un des mécanismes fondamentaux de la construction sociale du charisme est l'isolement social du leader et la purge.

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ahmad Zakki Fuad

The differences between of religion and belief in a particular community is usually will show a conflict between followers of religions. It has become a fact of history that can not be ignored. whereas, if it is returned on the purpose of religion itself, of course, conflict, hostility, war is something contradictory. All of  true religion have aimed to creat the objectives of the human being. Such as, through the realization of harmony in social life. Religion suggests the importance of building a good attitude in the society besides spiritual rites. It was a union of  two aspects  relations between vertical and horizontal. Rural Prototype communities in the region which have three religions and places of worship side by side in Balun Village Turi subdistric Lamongan district. Balun one of the village have multicultur and plural in the society over the years never happened conflicts religious. Because of it, the researcher suppose to searh how is the social construction of the religious, in the harmony and how  is the process of establishing the values of harmony, religious rites and cultural activities that involve people of the different religions.            Phenomenological etnography  approach in this research through the data sources that are grouping refers to the  stratification. Social startifikasi in used in this research according to Pitrim A.Sorokin and Max Weber theories were the  strata of society devided into some group based on the standard such as; respectable, power and authority,  knowledge and income . then From this theory the  researcher devided the society  into four group. The first are the figures of Islamic religious, Christian, Hindu. Second the committee of mosgue, Church and Temple Board, third  local goverment staff, educators, teachers in all religius. The fourth  regular community; farmers , factory workers. Based on analyzed of phenomenological ethnography, the researchers found the result of the study, these are the social construction of the religious community,  harmony and the establishment of the values in the  harmony guided by the respectable each others in ideology, respectable to the hereditary tradition, expressing happiness had shown when other communities in religious rituals celebration, gave awards to other religious communities as well as a sense of togetherness reflected in any religious activities and social activities in Balun village. The Harmony  foundation  in the application as "sacrifices" of religion for the sake of harmony by the local wisdom communities.


1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (11) ◽  
pp. 1186-1186
Author(s):  
Garth J. O. Fletcher

2010 ◽  
pp. 73-89
Author(s):  
M.-F. Garcia

The article examines social conditions and mechanisms of the emergence in 1982 of a «Dutch» strawberry auction in Fontaines-en-Sologne, France. Empirical study of this case shows that perfect market does not arise per se due to an «invisible hand». It is a social construction, which could only be put into effect by a hard struggle between stakeholders and large investments of different forms of capital. Ordinary practices of the market dont differ from the predictions of economic theory, which is explained by the fact that economic theory served as a frame of reference for the designers of the auction. Technological and spatial organization as well as principal rules of trade was elaborated in line with economic views of perfect market resulting in the correspondence between theory and reality.


1978 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 461-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merton J. Kahne ◽  
Charlotte Green Schwartz

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