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Concepts of Leadership in Western Political Thought

Concepts of Leadership in Western Political Thought

Philips, Kay
Rejai, Mostafa

Hardcover

General Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 027597801X
ISBN13: 9780275978013
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Jul 30 2002
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.72
Language: English

Having established a persuasive conception of leadership, Rejai and Phillips apply it to major thinkers from Plato to Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson. They find a major shift in leadership theory associated with World War II. Prewar theories are seen as limited and defective in that they posit a vision on the part of the leader and his ability to impose that vision on the followers; postwar theories stress, in addition, a shared vision and leader-follower interaction.

A leader's view of leadership, Rejai and Phillips find, is constrained by the person's conception of human nature; the lighter the conception of human nature, the more flexible the nature of leadership; the darker the view of human nature, the more rigid the nature of leadership. This book will be of particular interest to scholars, students, and other researchers involved with political theory and leadership studies.

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