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Sociological Thought

notes 3. charismatic authority: This authority is not on legal rules or on traditional rules, rather based on
some charismatic. Those people have real or imaginary power to see any singularity or trick, they are
the officers of these type authorities. A person is take long time to get this type authority and after
the enough sources, try and some time advertisement his authority is approved. In other words, a
person developed their skills like that (people understand or believed that he developed their skill) and
people accept their personal authority. So charismatic leaders are demanded obedience from others
at the name of loyalty for their aim or ideal. There are the ruling person like magician, peer, Avatar,
soldiers, religious leader, prophet and minister of any team. People are accepting the authority of like
that people these people have some fantastic quality which are not found in ordinary people. So in
the heart of every person have a respect for these special quality. These qualities are believed like the
quality of divine and God. So the orders are follow the type ruling person with devotion. This type
of ruling person express their fantastic power by miracle or victory in war or by other success make
believe strong in other people that he is a officer of some special power. There is also not any limit
of charismatic authority like traditional authority. But the duration of this authority is limited and it
declines such time when ruling person are not show affective display of their fantastic power. And
the composition of this authority can be change in traditional side or legal side, so charismatic ruling
can be change in traditional authority or legal authority.

Task What is the type and pattern of authority? Describe briefly.

23.2 summary

y Weber defines authority and says that when got legality then it is become authority.
y Authority is mainly three type- (i) Traditional authority (ii) logical-legal authority
(iii) charismatic authority.
y Weber has discussed the simplification of charisma and discussed its change in to tradition
or logical-legal authority.

23.3 Keywords

1. authority: Right to regulate the behaviour of other people and take decision for him is
called authority.

23.4 review Questions

1. Analyze the types of authority by clearly describing the perception of authority.
2. What is the charismatic authority? Describe.

answers: self assessment
1. predicated 2. sedentary 3. sources.

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