Hollin, G. and Giraud, E. (2017) Charisma and the clinic. Social Theory & 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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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Macmillan Publishers Ltd. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Social Theory & Health. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Charisma; Weber; affect; autism; posthumanism |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2021 09:09 |
Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2021 05:17 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Nature |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/s41285-016-0023-0 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:176544 |