This thinker labeled the transfer of religious authority from a visionary prophet to an established priesthood as the "routinization of charisma.
This thinker labeled the transfer of religious authority from a visionary prophet to an established priesthood as the "routinization of charisma." This thinker defined power as the probability that an actor will be able to carry out his own will, despite resistance. For years, the only English translation of this thinker's major work was an infamously error-riddled one by Talcott Parsons. This thinker wrote that states are defined by their "monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force." In another work, this author of Economy and Society suggested that the Lutheran concept of the "calling" inspired people to work hard to pursue wealth. For 10 points, name this German sociologist, the author of Politics as a Vocation and The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
This thinker labeled the transfer of religious authority from a visionary prophet to an established priesthood as the "routinization of charisma.
(Karl Emil Maximillian) "Max" Weber