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Hypnotic leadership : leaders, followers, and the loss of self / Micha Popper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Popper, Micha, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leadership.
- Control (Psychology).
- Dominance (Psychology).
- Brainwashing.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 118 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.
- Summary:
- Describes examples of hypnotic leadership, using theories and concepts from psychology and the social sciences.
- Contents:
- 1 The Spark
- Hypnotic Leaders 1
- Charles Manson 1
- Jim Jones 6
- Adolf Hitler 10
- Analysis of the Leadership Phenomenon 12
- 2 The Fuel
- Hypnotized Followers 33
- The Tale of a Feeble-Minded Gardener 33
- "You Have a Mantle, You Shall Be Our Leader" 36
- 3 The Fire
- Leaders, Followers, and Circumstances 43
- The Meeting of the Spark, the Fuel, and the Oxygen 43
- The Conflagration 51
- Forces That Fan the Flame or Cool It 66
- The Faust-Mephistopheles Myth 75
- Leadership and Influence 82
- Leadership and Circles of Influence 83
- More about the Development of Leaders 90.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [107]-115) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275971384
- OCLC:
- 44914369
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