Of all the characteristics we might prize in a leader – competence, integrity, careful judgment, ethical courage – why do people rate charisma so highly?
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Coolness has changed. Today it’s about being extroverted, hedonistic, adventurous, open, powerful and autonomous.
Throughout modern history, charismatic leaders have shown their extraordinary ability to elicit devotion to themselves and their causes.
There’s confusion in South Africa about what’s driving the popularity of Jacob Zuma and his uMkhonto weSizwe party.
An expert on rhetoric explains why ‘rizz’ may be more like charm than charisma.
The current conflict in Ukraine has three key leaders, each of whom uses a different approach to the crisis.
Policy and promises matter, but the way politicians articulate them can be just as important — especially on live television.
Charisma may be a necessary trait for getting elected – but it also discourages voters from independent moral deliberation about a potential leader’s qualifications to govern.
Prevailing patriarchal and cultural norms in some societies prevent women victims of sexual crimes from talking out by shaming them.
Witch-finders of early modern Europe and modern Africa made themselves indispensable by showing people a threat of a growing crisis of threatening evil.
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Professor of Religion, Boston University
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor of Organizational Psychology, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Professor of Organisational Studies, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Director the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technolology, and Education (NCITE) Center, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law, University of Richmond; Institute for Humane Studies
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Professor of Rhetoric, University of Sussex
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of History and Legal Studies, Bryant University
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
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Professor of Psychology, Edge Hill University