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Aesthetics and leadership

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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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10.4324/9781003265122

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Saïd Business School
Oxford college:
Green Templeton College
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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
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9781003265122
ISBN:
9781032207650
Language:
English
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1175947
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pubs:1175947
Deposit date:
2021-05-11

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