A lot of commenters here seem to be thinking of the sense of "charisma" that one unusually encounters in conversation nowadays, the quality some people have of

A lot of commenters here seem to be thinking of the sense of "charisma" that one unusually encounters in conversation nowadays, the quality some people have of being very outgoing and engaging. This article isn't about that. The author is talking about the sociological concept developed by Weber and others; the book at this link is a pretty good treatment: https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/3823 https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/3823