Some leaders fundamentally alter the status quo whilst others guide quietly. Most leadership
books emphasise specific rules, but Tom Cronin and Michael Genovese see leadership as …

It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we're a
more fearful society than ever before. Yet fear, and the panic it produces, have long been …

In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries popes increasingly depended on clerical and lay kin
to supervise the implementation of papal policy. This article argues that the charge of papal …

This is the life of one of the most revolutionary artists in history, told through the story of six of
his greatest masterpieces:“The one indispensable guide for encountering Michelangelo on …

Today, managers, politicians, educators, and healthcare providers are highly skilled
technicians who navigate modern systems. However, followers seek more than know-how; …

This dissertation proposes a new framework for understanding changing Chinese ideas
about barbarians (Yi-Di) and barbarism during the Tang (618–907) and Song (960–1276) …

This essay argues that, in Tang foreign policy discourse, the stereotype of a moral dichotomy
between barbarian perfidy and Chinese trustworthiness was primarily a tool for rhetorical …

Similar words of admonition appear in The Prince:'the difficulties on the side of the
conspirators are infinite. And one sees from experience that there have been many …

Machiavelli's argument in chapter 25 of The Prince for resisting Fortune is no longer
persuasive. The reason is that it is based on the outmoded Ptolemaic cosmology. With that …

Times of prolonged conflict spur great minds to seek a lasting peace. Thus was the case of
Warring States China, which saw the rise of the Hundred Schools of Thought, including the …