Totalitarian rule must not be explained as Weberian charismatic leadership

Evidence

Weber’s (1968, pp. 1143-45) observation that charismatic education is steeped in asceticism, isolation, physical and psychic exercises, and continuous testing has obvious parallels in many contemporary trusteeship “prep schools.” — Shapiro, Susan P., The Social Control of Impersonal Trust, 90 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Leader’s rightness is unfalsifiable because its test lies beyond contemporaries’ reach; The leader principle is totalitarian only through its organizational function.; Totalitarian ritual idolatry is an organizational device, not a religion (+3 more)

Related

• Charisma stems from Weberian authority lacking legitimate institutional basis (similarity 0.95)
• Modern trustee training mirrors Weberian charismatic education in asceticism and testing (similarity 0.87)
• Weber’s scheme routes all institutions from traditional to rationalized via charisma (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Charisma stems from Weberian authority lacking legitimate institutional basis #expands (0.80)
• Modern trustee training mirrors Weberian charismatic education in asceticism and testing #complicates (0.75) — Shapiro, Susan P., The Social Control of Impersonal Trust, 90