The Profile Of Political Leaders: Archetypes Of Ascendancy Profiel Van Der Leider. English

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.-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xiii First Impressions of Leaders....Pages 1-17 Height & Posture....Pages 19-37 Name & Destiny....Pages 39-53 Limbs & Gestures....Pages 55-69 Personality & Traits....Pages 71-86 Face & Expressions....Pages 87-102 Style & Demeanour....Pages 103-115 Voice & Speech....Pages 117-136 Time & Place....Pages 137-151 Leaders from the Stone Age?....Pages 153-156 Back Matter....Pages 157-167 Jaap Van Ginneken. First Published In Dutch By Atlas/business Contract Under The Title Het Profiel Van Der Leider -- De Oerkenmerken Van Invloed En Overwicht.--title Page Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.