Leadership, Psychoanalysis and Society

Leadership, Psychoanalysis, and Society describes leadership as a relationship between leaders and followers in a particular context and challenges theories of leadership now being taught.

This book includes essays that view leadership from psychoanalytic, social psychological, sociological, evolutionary, developmental anthropological, and historical points of view to fully describe the complexity of leadership relationships and personalities. These essays analyze the different kinds of leadership needed in organizations; the development of Black Leadership that provides hope for people who have been oppressed; the difference between charismatic and inspirational leadership and the kind of training needed to develop leaders from diverse backgrounds who inspire followers and collaborate with them to further the common good.

This book offers a guide to understanding the different types of leadership and will be of interest to business, government, health care, universities, and other organizations.

Michael Maccoby, PhD, is a psychoanalyst and anthropologist who is a globally recognized expert on leadership. He has taught or consulted to leaders in 36 countries and has taught leadership at Oxford’s Saïd Business School, Sciences Po, and Harvard’s Kennedy School. He is also the author/co-author of 16 books.

Mauricio Cortina, MD, is a psychiatrist psychoanalyst who is recognized as a leading figure in attachment theory having received the 2019 Bowlby Ainsworth Award and has written many chapters and books on attachment and human evolution. He is the author and editor of four books.