Revolution and Leadership
"If personalities do not make history, then history makes itself by means of personalities."
Trotsky
Nietzschean "history" is something like personalities making history...a story about the peaks of humanity, great men. What is the role of the personality? I tend to agree with Nietzsche and Trotsky in the respect that action does not take place as anonymity. A collection of "firsts among equals" will never do anything. Strong personalities become part of the myth out of which worlds are created, and, in some instances, the personality can be the entire myth.
Trotsky
Nietzschean "history" is something like personalities making history...a story about the peaks of humanity, great men. What is the role of the personality? I tend to agree with Nietzsche and Trotsky in the respect that action does not take place as anonymity. A collection of "firsts among equals" will never do anything. Strong personalities become part of the myth out of which worlds are created, and, in some instances, the personality can be the entire myth.
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It's true that great events are preceeded by the decisions of a great leader, whom often wins her position with personality. Still, some likable personalities create mayhem and destruction-
I think that leaders associated with key historical moments are going to be connected with impacting the event and therefore the myth of outstanding personalities unfold...
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