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—they can only give a negative nonanswer — they are slaves of Pharaoh , which is to say they are not themselves . The other overriding question of life - What should I do ? - does not arise because the people can only answer , “ What we ...
—they can only give a negative nonanswer — they are slaves of Pharaoh , which is to say they are not themselves . The other overriding question of life - What should I do ? - does not arise because the people can only answer , “ What we ...
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Whether they wish to remain as they are or to make a revolutionary change , slaves need leadership . But do leaders need slaves ? Slavery is more likely to breed fear than fearlessness . It is not only hard to shake slaves out of ...
Whether they wish to remain as they are or to make a revolutionary change , slaves need leadership . But do leaders need slaves ? Slavery is more likely to breed fear than fearlessness . It is not only hard to shake slaves out of ...
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Innumerable prescriptions are imposed on slaves because they lack defenses against external rule . Trying new things , converting risks into opportunities , is the leitmotif of anarchies that encourage each individual or clan to ...
Innumerable prescriptions are imposed on slaves because they lack defenses against external rule . Trying new things , converting risks into opportunities , is the leitmotif of anarchies that encourage each individual or clan to ...
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Contents
Introduction Why Me? Why Moses? Why Leadership? | 1 |
Passive People Passive Leader | 27 |
Pharaoh What Not to Do | 62 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political Leader |
| Author | Aaron B. Wildavsky |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Alabama Press, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Jul 2010 |
| ISBN | 0817301682, 9780817301682 |
| Length | 262 pages |
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