AFRICAN LEADERSHIP AND POLITICAL DIRECTION

Onyishi, Anthony U. and Ezechi, Kingsley C. (2019) AFRICAN LEADERSHIP AND POLITICAL DIRECTION. In: New Frontiers in Contemporary African Studies. Abic Publishers, Enugu, pp. 268-279. ISBN 978-022-311-8

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Abstract

From the ancient states of Egypt. Ethiopia and Greece, the centrality and relevance of leadership have been differently echoed and re-echoed by philosophers and political theorists of different ages and times. In some of their treatises, the classical political philosopbers and theorists unanimously agreed and strongly believed that leadership remained the only mechanism through. which the common good and the general welfare of the citizens could be maximised. Here, Plato (1955) and Aristotle (1979) made it clearer that people with higher level of rationality were the only group that could be entrusted with the mantle of leadership if the common good and welfare of the people must be realized. They further advised that those without higher level of rationality but are leaders should endeavour to acquire such sense of rationality if they must be called leaders. They then admonished that leaders should not marry nor possess property as both negate the principles of good leadership.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User:	miss Sylvia Onyia
Date Deposited:	25 Aug 2025 00:04
Last Modified:	25 Aug 2025 00:04
URI:	http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5241

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