Models of Leadership in Plato and Beyond

by Scott, Dominic; Freeman, R. Edward

• ISBN13: 9780198837350
• ISBN10: 0198837356
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2021-09-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Dominic Scott, Professor of Philosophy, Oxford University,R. Edward Freeman, University and Olsson Professor, The Darden School, University of Virginia

Dominic Scott is a professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford. He has previously held positions at Cambridge and the University of Virginia, as well as visiting positions at Princeton, Harvard, and the Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington DC. In 2001-3 he was a British Academy Research Reader and in 2016 a Humboldt Fellow based in Munich. He has written numerous books on ancient philosophy, as well as co-authoring The Humanities World Report 2015.

R. Edward Freeman is University Professor, Olsson Professor, and Academic Director of the Institute for Business in Society at the University of Virginia. He is best known for his award-winning book Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach (Pitman, 1984; reprinted by Cambridge University Press in 2010). He has received six honorary doctorates (Doctor Honoris Causa) for his work on stakeholder theory and business ethics. He is the host of The Stakeholder Podcast, sponsored by Stakeholder Media, LLC.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Setting the Scene
2. The Doctor
3. Captains and Navigators
4. The Artist
5. The Teacher
6. Doctors and Teachers
7. The Shepherd
8. The Weaver
9. The Sower
10. Teachers and Sowers
11. Plato and Modern Leadership Models
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Plato's Use of the Ship of State Image in the Republic
Appendix 2. Interpreting the Cave Allegory
Appendix 3. Extracts from Plato's Works