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Sverre Spoelstra, porträttfoto.

Sverre Spoelstra

Universitetslektor

Sverre Spoelstra, porträttfoto.

The truths and falsehoods of post-truth leaders

Författare

  • Sverre Spoelstra

Summary, in English

Over the last three years, the idea of a ‘post-truth society’ has become a common talking point. Politicians from around the world, from Europe to South America to the United States, have been labelled as ‘post-truth leaders’, with Donald Trump being portrayed as the standard bearer for this new kind of political discourse. This article suggests that post-truth leadership is nothing new. Ever since Max Weber developed his notion of charismatic leadership in the early 20th century, Western societies have been infatuated with the idea that leaders ought not concern themselves too much with factual reality. In a sense, leadership has been post-truth all along.

Avdelning/ar

  • Organisation

Publiceringsår

2020-12-01

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

757-764

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Leadership

Volym

16

Issue

6

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

SAGE Publications

Ämne

  • Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)

Nyckelord

  • charisma
  • Donald Trump
  • facts
  • leadership
  • Max Weber
  • politics
  • Post-truth

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1742-7150