The classical ideal of the leader
Plato
Thomas Aquinas
Conclusion : fictions and implicit theories
The classical ideal in republics
Aristotle
Niccolo Machiavelli
James Harrington
The implicit theories of the classical republicans
Toward a new implicit theory and a new fiction
A new conception of the people. The emergence of 'the people'
'The people' as a protean fiction
The implicit leadership theories of popular sovereignty
Two fictions in need of a third fiction
A new social relation
The emergence of the fiction of leadership
The implicit leadership theories of the leadership relation
Inventing the fiction of leadership
The challenge of democracy
A republican prelude
The transition to democracy
The implicit leadership theories of democracy
Introducing the fictions of leadership
James Madison and the classical ideal
Madison's core values
Challenge #1 : the threat to the common good from the people
Challenge #2 : the threat to the common good from the leaders
Challenge #3 : the threat to the common good from the people and their leaders
The implicit leadership theories of James Madison
Alexis de Tocqueville and the challenges of democracy
The nature of democracy
The problems of democracy
Solutions for the problems of democracy
The implicit leadership theories of Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville and the fiction of leadership
Inventing liberalism
John Locke
John Stuart Mill
John Rawls
Robert Nozick
Two liberalisms
Conclusion : the liberal fiction in leadership terms
Inventing communitarianism
Aristotle
G.W.F. Hegel
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Modern communitarian thought
A new fiction of leadership
What is the leadership challenge?
What is the end or purpose of leadership?
What is the epistemology of leadership?
How is the matter of diversity and minority interests addressed?
What is the perception of human nature?
Are the people capable of governing?
What is the role of the people?
What is the role of the leader?
How should leaders and the people interact?
What institutions and processes are needed?
Let the games begin.
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Inventing leadership : the challenge of democracy by J. Thomas Wren. ISBN 9781840649550. Published by Edward Elgar in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
