Strategic humanism
Subtitle: lessons on leadership from the ancient Greeks
By: Claudia Hauer
Publisher: Political Animal Press
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781895131444
Subjects: Ancient Ethics; Leadership; Leadership in literature; Democracy; Political leadership; Command of troops; History
Description: "Strategic Humanism: Lessons in Leadership from the Ancient Greeks takes the reader through the works of Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, and Aristotle, laying out in clear and accessible terms their thoughts on leadership, war, and their relationship to individuals, nations, culture, and technology. In so doing, the book traces the path of ancient Greek democracy from infancy to maturity, culminating in the Athenian demise. Throughout, Hauer holds up the political, cultural, literary, and philosophical milieu of ancient Greece as a kind of looking glass to our present era of rapid technological change and democratic malaise."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-177) and index.
Table of contents: title: Greek humanism, and the Cartesian revolution --; title: Honor and atrocity in Homer's Iliad --; title: Herodotus: a multicultural approach --; title: The power of language --; title: From democracy to tyrrany --; title: Aristotle: a moralist for our times.