Modernism and Charisma

Agnes Horvath (PhD in social and political sciences, European University Institute, 2000), sociologist and political scientist, uses anthropological perspectives for understanding the modern society. She is co-founder of International Political Anthropology and affiliated scholar at Cambridge University. Her publications include Senkiföldjén (On the No Man's Land) (Budapest, 1989), The Dissolution of Communist Power (Routledge, 1992), Gli interpreti degli interpreti (Ficino Press, 2008), and Reclaiming Beauty (Ficino Press, 2012), and articles in Hungarian, English, French and Italian.

Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Squaring the Liminal or Reproducing it: Charisma and Trickster 2. The Rise of Liminal Authorities: Trickster's Gaining a craft, or the Techniques of Incommensurability 3. Liminal Mimes, Masks, and Schismogenic Technology, or the Trickster Motives in the Renaissance 4. Attraction and Crowd Passions: Isaac Newton and Jacques Callot 5. Charisma in Eroticised Political Formations Bibliography Index