Thomas A. Kohut
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A profound study on Leadership 5 out of 5 stars.
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Mr. Kohut's book is a very acqurate reading for anyone interested in Leadership. He shows the keys of both the needs of the leader -Wilhelm II- to assert his own personality and the needs of the German country of his time to build a symbolic image of the country. It's a perfect example of what could be told as emotional leadership, a leadership based on public image, fanfarre and public exhibitionism. Kohut has the merit of having investigated Wilhelm II for more than ten years. You can feel the closeness with which he explains the Kaiser's behaviour and reasons.
The author makes use of the conceptual tools of Self psychology, but the reading is not boring for non specialists. Kohut and Donald Winnicott seem to be the main influences of the author a historian and psychoanalyst himself.
Editorial Review:
This book explores the personification inherent in the notion of "Wilhelmian Germany" by investigating the psychological dimension of Wilhelm II's leadership of the Germans. Despite his historical reputation, many Germans welcomed the Kaiser's leadership. The years between 1890 and 1914 were known as the Wilhelmian era in Germany, and even critics of Wilhelm II thought it somehow fitting that he should be the German emperor. The author argues that Wilhelm II's personal needs and the needs of Germans in an age of intense nationalism made him the symbol of the nation.
