Philosophy and Leadership

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marturano, Antonio.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why philosophy, why leadership

Acknowledgement

References

Chapter 1: At the beginning it was philosophy

1.1 Philosophy at the root of leadership studies

1.1.1 Introduction

1.1.2 Miletus at the crossroads of leadership, politics, law, and economics

1.1.3 The commercial origins of philosophy: the link with leadership

1.1.4 Wonder and leadership

Questions

Notes

Chapter 2: Ancient Western conceptions of leadership: Plato and Aristotle

2.1 The Sophists as consultants and coaches

2.2 Greek philosophy and the ruler's problem

2.3 The Philosopher-King and leader's traits

2.4 The 7th Letter

2.5 The demiurge

2.6 Normative and descriptive theories of leadership and the problems of laws in Plato and Aristotle

Chapter 3: The Great Man Theory: The idealist roots of traits theory

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Thomas Carlyle and the creation of the Great Man Theory

3.3 The origins of the Great Man Theory: Hegel and idealism

3.4 Kant and the concept of "genius"

3.5 Ralph W. Emerson's Representative men

3.6 Fredrick Nietzsche: leaders as Übermenschen

3.7 Criticisms to the Great Man Theory

3.8 Conclusive remarks: cultism and the shadow of Gods

Chapter 4: Aesthetics of leadership: Perception, semiotics, and charisma

4.1 Psychology, logic, and language

4.2 Linguistic paradoxes and referential opacity in leadership

4.3 Language, psychologism, and cultural differences in leadership

4.4 Language and aesthetics: a new start for leadership

4.5 Language and charisma

References

Chapter 5: Transforming and transactional leadership: The ethical focus

5.1 Burn's transforming and transactional theory

5.2 Fanaticism, amoralism, and the dark side of leadership

5.3 Pluralism and conflict of values in leadership

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

Print version: Marturano, Antonio Philosophy and Leadership

ISBN:

9781315452036

1315452030

Publisher Number:

40032521540

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