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Aesthetics and leadership
- Abstract:
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In 2016 the so-called “Coiffeurgate” scandal exploded in France. (BBC, 2016a) The socialist, and quite bald, President of the French Republic had been discovered paying (out of the public purse) 9,985 euros per month for cutting his hair. Almost twelve thousand US dollars at today's exchange rate, that is, a cost of $400/day. Why would one make such an extravagant expense? Because of aesthetics. This essay reviews what aesthetics says about leaders and how they organise the perceptions of tho...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Routledge Publisher's website
- Host title:
- Leadership, Psychoanalysis, and Society
- Series:
- Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book Series
- Chapter number:
- 8
- Pages:
- 128-138
- Place of publication:
- London
- Publication date:
- 2022-05-10
- DOI:
- EISBN:
- 9781003265122
- ISBN:
- 9781032207650
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Subtype:
- Chapter
- Pubs id:
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1175947
- Local pid:
- pubs:1175947
- Deposit date:
- 2021-05-11
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- Copyright holder:
- Rafael Ramirez
- Copyright date:
- 2022
- Rights statement:
- © 2022 selection and editorial matter, Michael Maccoby and Mauricio Cortina; individual chapters, the contributors.
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