The Profile Of Political Leaders: Archetypes Of Ascendancy
by Jaap van Ginneken /
2016 / English / PDF
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By analysing a wide range of empirical research into
leadership, this book provides a composite portrait of frequent
characteristics, such as personality and demeanour, that
influence both the success and popularity of political
leaders. Through the lenses of mass psychology and
collective behaviour sociology, the author offers fascinating
observations on political leadership which reveal a coherent
pattern. In our choice of and support for leaders, we still seem
to be guided by unconscious or instinctive preferences.
Evolutionary psychologists have labelled this ‘CALP’ for
‘Cognitive Ancestral Leadership Prototype’. Length, symmetry,
face form, voice pitch, eye blinking and more turn out to play a
role – even today - alongside personality and style. Each chapter
of the book offers a case study to illustrate these observations,
including Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Nicolas Sarkozy, and
Boris Johnson. This book is accessibly written to appeal to
students of politics, psychology and sociology, as well
as the wider interested reader.
By analysing a wide range of empirical research into
leadership, this book provides a composite portrait of frequent
characteristics, such as personality and demeanour, that
influence both the success and popularity of political
leaders. Through the lenses of mass psychology and
collective behaviour sociology, the author offers fascinating
observations on political leadership which reveal a coherent
pattern. In our choice of and support for leaders, we still seem
to be guided by unconscious or instinctive preferences.
Evolutionary psychologists have labelled this ‘CALP’ for
‘Cognitive Ancestral Leadership Prototype’. Length, symmetry,
face form, voice pitch, eye blinking and more turn out to play a
role – even today - alongside personality and style. Each chapter
of the book offers a case study to illustrate these observations,
including Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Nicolas Sarkozy, and
Boris Johnson. This book is accessibly written to appeal to
students of politics, psychology and sociology, as well
as the wider interested reader.
