The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political LeaderUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 262 pages |
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Page 22
... Equality among believers must remain . What the leader does is to shore up group boundaries to make the people resistant to outside forces . Lots more commandments ! No more Golden Calves ! But Moses still has much to learn . The equality ...
... Equality among believers must remain . What the leader does is to shore up group boundaries to make the people resistant to outside forces . Lots more commandments ! No more Golden Calves ! But Moses still has much to learn . The equality ...
Page 24
... equality modifies hierarchy and hierarchy stabilizes equity . Were I thinking about the Jacksonian era before the Civil War in the United States , the combination of anarchy and equity , based on the belief that equality of opportunity ...
... equality modifies hierarchy and hierarchy stabilizes equity . Were I thinking about the Jacksonian era before the Civil War in the United States , the combination of anarchy and equity , based on the belief that equality of opportunity ...
Page 206
... equality of all believers , to which , in the abstract , Moses adhered , he was able to mitigate its excesses and hence also his fierce counterreactions . A little equality was given up for a lot less fanaticism . How did Moses manage ...
... equality of all believers , to which , in the abstract , Moses adhered , he was able to mitigate its excesses and hence also his fierce counterreactions . A little equality was given up for a lot less fanaticism . How did Moses manage ...
Contents
Introduction Why Me? Why Moses? Why Leadership? | 1 |
Passive People Passive Leader 27 | 27 |
Learning from | 62 |
Copyright | |
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