POLITICAL LEADERS AS GURUS OF POLITICAL MAGIC

Abstract

Inertia of political action occupies the space of observers’ consciousness that activate model which is almost religious relationship with the leader. Observed through such prism, the leader has enough space for contexts that carry him seemingly conquests sympathy and antipathy in the audience. Worshipping and hatred. Manipulative elements of magic and religious ritual actions are transferred into the consciousness of the observer as new built political illusion. Such a perception distorts the real picture, and recourse to it is often leaders’ overshadow as the only possible perpetrator of the best through which materializes the need for salvation. This perception contains religious elements. When the sacredness and religious passion for the political leader interfere with rational perception, consequences are making our present time. However, whatever disappointment followed the passing of time, the worlds of politics again produce leaders who will be worshiped and treated as saviors. The collapse of the value of reason and proper action is increasingly being blended with the fascination that comes with each new leader, remembering his previous one only as disappointment, because in addition to the stunning illusion of overshadow at the end always brings downfall, frustration, a sense of betrayal, insecurity and hopelessness.