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"This book is a genealogical inquiry into the present problem of violence, in the US and internationally, through the lens of curriculum theory. It explores a constellation of problems including war, authoritarianism, post-truth, social disparities, and increasingly onerous surveillance technologies. Arguing that the current problem of violence is neither new, nor aberrant, the author historicises the conditions of possibility that have produced the violence that presently confronts our world. Seemingly disparate issues such as ethnonationalism, authoritarian populism, Christian nationalism, neoliberalism, the proliferation of sophisticated surveillance technologies, and military Keynesianism are traced to historical features such as 'Ur-Fascism,' white supremacy, corporate capitalism, religious extremism, propaganda and public relations, institutional power, and the biopolitical 'death function' endemic in modern societies. Through a sweeping, powerful, and in-depth analysis of violence in its genealogical trajectories in global setting, it promises to re-examine curriculum in a different light and open up new possibilities. As such, the book is an important curriculum study which supports curricular ethics as articulated by Bill Pinar, such as the situation of the self socially and historically, the reconstruction of one's understanding of the self and the world, and the potential reconstruction of the social world as more peaceful and just. Significantly, the book contributes to a retheorisation of Foucault's biopolitics as affirmative biopower imbued with ethics of truth-seeking as a technology of the self. It will appeal to scholars and students of curriculum studies with interests in curriculum theory, authoritarianism, non-violence studies, justice studies, ethnonationalism and technologies of the self"--

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James MacGregor Burns's definitive look at the power of transformational leadership, from Moses to Machiavelli to Martin Luther King Jr.Historian and political scientist James MacGregor Burns has spent much of his career documenting the use and misuse of power by leaders throughout history. In this groundbreaking study, Burns examines the qualities that make certain leaders-in America and elsewhere-succeed as transformative figures. Through insightful anecdotes and historical analysis, Burns scrutinizes the charisma, vision, and persuasive power of individuals

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue Empowering Happiness -- Part One Change -- 1 The Mysteries of Leadership -- Cleopatra's Nose -- Slaves of History -- What Leadership Analysis Can Do -- 2 Searching for the X Factor -- The Quest for Causality -- What Is Transforming Leadership? -- The Power of Vision -- Part Two Leaders -- 3 Kings and Queens, Knights and Pawns -- Kings of Africa -- Elizabeth I: Ruler or Ruled? -- Reining in the Knights -- The Plight of the Pawns -- 4 Leaders as Planners -- The Winds and Waves of War -- Dreamers with Shovels -- The Power of Steam Shovels -- The Transformation of Harvard University -- Part Three Leadership -- 5 The Transformation of American Leadership -- Collective Leadership on Trial -- "The Most Remarkable Work" -- One Man's Leadership for Rights -- "A Dependence on the People" -- Parties-the People's Constitution -- 6 France: Trials of Leadership -- Crown Rule and Crowd Leadership -- The Rule of Terror -- Napoleonic Rulership -- The Gaullist Brand of Leadership -- 7 Leadership as Conflict -- His Majesty's Opposition -- Irrepressible Conflict? -- The Russian Oppositionists -- Part Four People -- 8 The Anatomy of Motivation -- Sheer Want -- Real Need -- Empowering Motives -- 9 Creative Leadership -- Liberating Ideas -- The Springs of Creativity -- Golden Ages -- The Transforming Vision -- 10 The Leader-Follower Paradox -- Followers as Leaders -- Leaders as Followers -- From Engagement to Empowerment -- 11 Conflict: The Arming of Leadership -- The Conflict over Conflict -- The Leadership of Conflict -- The Power of Leadership -- Part Five Transformation -- 12 The Power of Values -- What Values for Leaders? -- Transforming Values -- Empowering Values -- 13 The People, Yes? -- The X Factor -- "Life, Liberty, and . . ." -- ". . . the Pursuit of Happiness"