Posts tagged with: Politics and power

Aired recently on BBC 2, Putin: The New Tsar tracks the extraordinary rise of an ex-KGB colonel to Boris Yeltsin's successor. The documentary contains commentary throughout by Professor Ian Robertson, Founding...

Sir Anthony Seldon, University of Buckingham Vice-Chancellor, addresses five topics: Hubris as it has affected recent UK Prime Ministers, from Margaret Thatcher to David Cameron (“four out of the five...

“We often talk about the effects of power without bothering to define it. … The topic is often restricted to the psychological effects of power on people, how they succumb...

"Our psychological states bias our perceptions of charismatic leaders. High anxiety makes us hungry for charisma. As a result, crises increase the search for charismatic leaders, and our tendency to perceive charisma in...

"...absolute power corrupts absolutely?  ...our findings indicated that there is no absolute connection between power and corrupt practice." Fang Wang & Xunwei Sun, Beijing Normal University, China European Journal of...

"...compassion and selflessness enable us to have the most influence over others and the result is power as a force for good in the world." Dasher Keltner, professor of psychology and...

“….only once we understand (how individuals gain power) can we predict who receives power and thus ensure that power is put to good use for organizations, collectives, and countries." Rachel...