Lasswell

Lasswell showed: (1) how emotions and beliefs were displaced from one target to another to shift blame; (2) how leaders could use political symbols and propaganda to be understood by appeals to the id, ego, and superego; (3) how democratic processes and civil liberties depend on democratic character, values, and expectations; and (4) how crisis erodes political self-restraint and brings on destructive behavior.

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

The pursuit of power and its skillful use were seen as fundamental to successful leadership by Machiavelli and taken further into modern times by Lasswell (1948) and Lane (1961).

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

Wolfenstein (1977) and Lasswell (1960) made extensive use of psychoanalytic theories to account for political and revolutionary leaders.

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

Harold D. Lasswell 1948 pioneered the study of the psychology of political leadership but did not have continuing impact on either political science or psychological leadership research.

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

This personal need is rationalized as “in the public interest” Lasswell, 1962.

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

The pursuit of power and its skillful use were seen as fundamental to successful leadership by Machiavelli and taken further into modern times by Lasswell (1948) and Lane (1961).

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

Harold D. Lasswell 1948 pioneered the study of the psychology of political leadership but did not have continuing impact on either political science or psychological leadership research.

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

Lasswell held that the personality of a political person compensates for feelings of inadaquacy and low esteem by displacement, by a continuing pursuit of power to maintain personal integrity.

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

Lasswell showed: (1) how emotions and beliefs were displaced from one target to another to shift blame; (2) how leaders could use political symbols and propaganda to be understood by appeals to the id, ego, and superego; (3) how democratic processes and civil liberties depend on democratic character, values, and expectations; and (4) how crisis erodes political self-restraint and brings on destructive behavior.

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

Lasswell held that the personality of a political person compensates for feelings of inadaquacy and low esteem by displacement, by a continuing pursuit of power to maintain personal integrity.

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008