Exploring the Affective Dimensions of Educational Leadership - 9781138359543

Taylor & Francis

Exploring the Affective Dimensions of Educational LeadershipPsychoanalytic and Arts-based Methods\nAuthor(s): Alysha Farrell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138359543, 978-1138359543\nSynopsis\nBridging the gap between academic parlance and arts-based inquiry, this unique text presents a socio-affective exploration of educational leadership. The text challenges inherited ideological and normative assumptions and invites its reader to reimagine leadership as a dynamic, emotional, and relational process. \n\nExploring the Affective Dimensions of Educational Leadership combines the ambiguity of arts-based work with the interpretative power of psychoanalysis to illustrate the role of mutuality, personal interpretations, and formative relations on leadership practices. By emphasizing leadership as the constant striving for recognition, the chapters expose the affective dimensions that infuse educational leadership pr.