Modern Leaders: Between Charisma and Trickery

Book Overview

This book considers the current striking rise of 'outsider' political leaders, catapulted, apparently, from nowhere, to take charge of a nation. Arguing that such leaders can be better understood with the help of the anthropologically based concept of 'the trickster', it offers studies of contemporary political figures from the world stage - including Presidents Macron, Tsipras, Orb?n and Bolsonaro, among others - to examine the ways in which charismatic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367522535
• ISBN13: 9780367522537
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"