کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
888291 913454 2008 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The good society and the good soul: Plato's Republic on leadership
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی مدیریت، کسب و کار و حسابداری کسب و کار و مدیریت بین المللی
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The good society and the good soul: Plato's Republic on leadership
چکیده انگلیسی

This article assesses the relevance of Plato's Republic for discussions of leadership in contemporary democratic societies. Specifically, Plato's theory of the good life challenges contemporary consumer culture and the definition of the good life as desire satisfaction; his critique of democracy raises difficult questions about the ways democracies train and choose leaders; and his account of the ideal regime illustrates the importance and difficulty of taming endemic conflicts between private interests and the public good. At the same time, Plato offers an account of leadership as benefiting the entire community that remains morally attractive. Plato thus cannot be easily dismissed by advocates of democratic modes of organizing leadership; on the contrary, a close reading of The Republic reveals some of the enduring challenges facing democratic societies.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Leadership Quarterly - Volume 19, Issue 4, August 2008, Pages 397–408
نویسندگان
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