{"product_id":"following-reason-9781138650589","title":"Following Reason","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout history, humanity has regularly followed anti-rational figures and forces: demagogic rulers, perverted deities, exploitative economic systems, and so on. Such leadership and followership have wrought all kinds of oppression and conflict. What if this pattern could be altered? What if society were led by Reason instead? Prompted by Cicero's exhortation to follow reason as leader as though it were a god, \u003ci\u003eFollowing Reason: A Theory and Strategy for Rational Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e explores this intriguing and potentially transformative possibility. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManolopoulos uniquely blends leadership psychology with a deep understanding of philosophical reasoning theory to show how leaders can bravely reimagine and reconstruct society. The book retraces leadership mis-steps in history, and proposes a more logicentric theory of leadership, built on compelling philosophical axioms and arguments. \u003ci\u003eFollowing Reason\u003c\/i\u003e emphasizes the weight of philosophy and cognition in leadership\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editor Foreword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: DEFINING LEADING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkepticism Toward Skepticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChanging Situations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaintaining Contested Situations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: DIFFERENTIATING LEADING FROM MANAGING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistinguishing and Confusing the Two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory’s Glorified Managers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: FOREGROUNDING FOLLOWING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReversal’s Value\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeclaration of Interdependence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: RETHINKING REASON AS LEADER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \"The Thinker\" to Epistocratic Democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Platonic Epistocracy to Democratic Logicracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRealizing Logicracy: On the Way to a Strategy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: FAITHFULLY FOLLOWING REASON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToward a Quasi-Religious Following\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpreading the Good\/Better News\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Skeptical Obedience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLogicracy’s People Power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371833631063,"sku":"9781138650589","price":28.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138650589.jpg?v=1730154741","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/following-reason-9781138650589","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}