Philosophy of Leadership The Power of Authority

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Philosophy of Leadership The Power of Authority Robert Spillane Macquarie University, Australia and

Jean-Etienne Joullié Gulf University for Sciences & Technology, Kuwait

© Robert Spillane and Jean-Etienne Joullié 2015 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-49918-9 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-56875-8 ISBN 978-1-137-49920-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137499202 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Spillane, Robert, 1945– Philosophy of leadership : the power of authority / Robert Spillane, Jean-Etienne Joullié. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Leadership – Philosophy. 2. Authority. I. Joullie, Jean-Etienne. II. Title. HM1261.S68 2015 303.3′4—dc23

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To the memory of John Martin

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Contents

Preface

viii

Acknowledgements

xvi

1

Heroic Leadership: Authority as Power

2

Rational Leadership: Arguing to Authority

20

3

Cynicism: Confronting Managerial Leadership

43

4

Stoicism: Managing Adversity

67

5

Religious Leadership: Two Faces of Authority

87

6

Political Leadership: Contractual Authority

109

7

German Romanticism: The Power of the Will

135

8

Heroic Individualism: Anarchistic and Aristocratic

157

9

Existentialism: Autonomy and Authority

177

Leadership: The Power of Authority

203

10

1

Notes

223

Bibliography

228

Name Index

233

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