Author Description

It is a pleasure to read a study from an author who very evidently not only has a strong grasp of the concepts central to his study, but is also well versed and widely experienced in the field. The latter is evident in the wide range of allusions provided by the author throughout the book, and in the ease with which he draws on any aspect of philosophical discourse that he needs - from the Greek classics to contemporary communitarian debates. The author has taken an important (and complex) aspect of identity formation in (late) modernity, perhaps most well known in Charles Taylor's explication of the politics of recognition, and considered how it might inform a theory of leadership. The author sets out and defends a theory of leadership that is not only about the leadership of recognition, but leadership for recognition, by recognition, in recognition, and through recognition. Prof. Mark Mason ¿ The Hong Kong Institute of Education