Philosophical Foundations of Leadership

A study of the nature of leadership and the human qualities that promote or inhibit it. David Cawthon examines classical thinkers from Plato to Nietzsche to offer a historical and philosophical perspective on leadership qualities and how these are coded in the souls of some, but not others.

Autorentext

Cawthorn, David

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Leadership and the Coding of Our Souls 2. Aristotle on Leadership: Free from the Tyranny of Passion 3. Leadership and the Love of God 4. Leaders and Religious Prelates 5. The Divine Right of Kings 6. Locke on Leadership: The Abolishment of Privilege 7. Rousseau on Leadership: Guiding the Wills of Men 8. Hegel on Leadership: The Unfolding of the Absolute 9. Marx on Leadership: Necessity Abhors a Vacuum 10. Nietzsche on Leadership: The Power of the Will