The powerful people’s biographies analysis for modern leaders’ identity construction
2018
Arhipova, O., Daugavpils Univ. (Latvia)
In the article, the factors which influenced the world’s most powerful people’s biographies have been analysed, taking into consideration life’s main features such as tendencies and risks of society’s development, economy, globalization, politics, a material life model and a social and cultural environment. The aim of this research is to prove that the generalization of the world's most powerful people's life experiences is outlined as the tool of challenge for a modern leader's identity construction. A reconstruction of the person’s biography has been created in the process of anthropological research. Analysing the life experience of many leaders, the authors of the article have declared that, despite the leaders’ individual self-development strategy, attitude, behaviour and motivation of the specific character traits, it is possible to verify essential common features which make leaders special and unique. In the process of research, the generalization of the world’s most powerful peoples’ life experiences is outlined as the tool for the construction of the modern leader’s identity. The study of the modern society’s development reveals the necessity for the wider use of biography analysis methodology in anthropological and sociological researches. The method of biography analysis operates with data on a person’s objective events and personal experiences. In the common world’s context, a person is considered as a part of his/her lifetime, and his/her life “culmination” and “finish” depend on its “start’ and “distance” running quality. Analysing biographies of great personalities and studying principles of their behaviour and major traits, contemporary leaders can apply the method of biographical analysis as a tool for constructing their identity. The experience and skills gained will become a vector for selfgrowth, self-empowerment, and transformation.
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