The Romance of Heroism and Heroic Leadership.
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- 9781787566552
- 158/.4
- HF5548.7-5548.85
Front Cover -- The Romance of Heroism and Heroic Leadership -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Romance of Heroism -- Chapter 2 Mystery and Meaning: Ambiguity and the Perception of Leaders, Heroes, and Villains -- Meaning-making: The Basics -- Automatic Meaning-Making -- The Search for Mystery Resolving Information -- The Search for Information, and Calling the Search Off: The Need for Closure -- Mystery and Mystification in the Perception of Leaders -- Our "Sweet Imagination" and Perceptions of Leaders and Lovers -- "On Perceptual Readiness" and Our Construction of Heroic Images -- "Bad is Stronger than Good" -- Concluding Thoughts -- Note -- Chapter 3 The Three Kings: Dissent and Evolving Perceptions of Heroism -- Nonconformity and Dissent -- Unwavering Independence and Leadership -- Social Identity Theory and the Principle of Salience -- Elvis Presley - King of Rock 'n' Roll -- Martin Luther King - The Battle for Equal Rights -- Muhammad Ali - King of the World -- Chapter 4 Heroic Transforming Leadership: Touching the Better Angels of Our Nature -- What is Leadership? -- What is Transforming Leadership? -- What is Heroic Transforming Leadership? -- Transforming Presidential Leadership vs Donald Trump -- Donald Trump as the Puer aeternus -- Chapter 5 How Heroes Transform Themselves and The World -- Overview of Heroic Transformation -- Purpose of the Hero's Transformation -- Internal and External Sources of Transformation -- Three Transformative Arcs of Heroism -- Egocentricity to Sociocentricity -- Dependency to Autonomy -- Stagnation to Growth -- Activities Promoting Transformation -- Training and Development Practices -- Spiritual Practices -- The Hero's Journey -- Additional Issues Worth Pondering -- Education and Transformation -- Religion and Transformation.
Women as Transformers -- Transcend and Include -- Partial Transformation -- Barriers to Transformation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Conclusion: Resolving Ambiguity to Discern and Create True Heroes -- References -- Index.
Heroes permeate our culture. But what makes a hero? And what makes heroes 'heroic'? This exciting and innovative study explores how charisma and human needs create images of individuals as heroes and villains.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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