Part I. Virtuosi and Society: Elements of Macrosociological Approach: 1. The Weberian legacy 2. Monasticism and social order: a multidimensional perspective: Part II. Virtuosi asnd Society in Theravada Buddhism: 3. Ideological groundings: hierarchy and ritualized exchange 4. Virtuosity institutionalized The Sangha in Social Context 5. Virtuoso radicalism: the triumph of a syndrome Part III. Virtuosi and Society in Medieval Catholicism: 6. Ideological groundings: plurality and conditional exchange 7. Virtuosity institutionalized: monasticism in social context 8. Virtuoso radicalism: a self-defeating triumph Part IV. Virtuosity, Charisma and Social Order: 9. Virtuosity and the virtuoso-society syndrome 10. The virtuoso syndrome in comparative historical perspective Conclusion.
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