On Charisma and Institution Building

Introduction by S. N. Eisenstadt
I. Charisma and the Structure of Social Relations
1. General Definitions of Social Action and Social Relationship
2. The Concept of Legitimate Order
3. The Sociology of Charismatic Authority
4. Meaning of Discipline
II. Charisma and Institutionalization in the Political Sphere
5. The Pure Types of Legitimate Authority
6. The Nature of Charismatic Authority and Its Routinization
7. Bureaucracy
III. Charisma and Institutionalization in the Legal System
8. Formal and Substantive Rationalization in the Law—Sacred Laws
9. Natural Law
10. Modern Law
IV. Charisma and Institutionalization in the Economic Sphere
11. Premodern Capitalism
12. Modern Capitalism
V. Charisma and Institutionalization in the Sphere of Social Stratification
13. Weber's Basic Concepts of Stratification
14. Caste Stratification—The Case of India
15. Social Stratification and Class Structure in Modern Society
16. The Prussian Junkers
VI. The City as a Focus of Charismatic Institutionalization
17. General Characteristics of the City
18. The Concept of Citizenship
VII. Charisma and Institutionalization in the Sphere of Religion and Culture
19. The Prophet
20. The Different Roads to Salvation
21. Asceticism, Mysticism, and Salvation Religion
22. Castes, Estates, Classes, and Religion
23. Science as a Vocation
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