Hollin, G orcid.org/0000-0003-4348-8272 and Giraud, EHS (2017) Charisma and the Clinic. Social Theory and Health, 15 (2). pp. 223-240. ISSN 1477-8211
Abstract
Here we argue that ‘charisma’, a concept widely taken up within geography and the environmental humanities, is of utility to the social studies of medicine. Charisma, we suggest, draws attention to the affective dimensions of medical work, the ways in which these affective relations are structured, and the manner in which they are intimately tied to particular material-discursive contexts. The paper differentiates this notion of charisma from Weber’s analyses of the ‘charismatic leader’ before detailing three forms of charisma - ecological (which relates to the affordances an entity has), corporeal (related to bodily interaction) and aesthetic (pertaining to an entity’s initial visual and emotional impact). Drawing on interview data we then show how this framework can be used to understand the manner in which psychologists and neuroscientists have come to see and act on autism. We conclude the article by suggesting that examining charisma within healthcare settings furthers the concept, in particular by drawing attention to the discursive features of ecologies and the ‘non-innocence’ of charisma.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Macmillan Publishers Ltd. Published by Springer. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Social Theory and Health. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The final publication is available at Springer via http://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-016-0023-0. |
Keywords: | charisma; affect; posthumanism; autism; Weber |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 Oct 2016 10:56 |
Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2018 10:35 |
Published Version: | http://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-016-0023-0 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/s41285-016-0023-0 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:106032 |