Reflections

2020 ◽  
pp. 272-297
Author(s):  
Steve Tibble
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Art Of War ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Art Of War

This chapter reviews how crusaders were considered as intuitive strategists. It explains crusader strategy that was inevitably formulated in the absence of a clear, intellectually rigorous, theoretical framework. It emphasizes how Franks were not exactly theorists, but in the Western medieval world they were the most experienced practitioners of the art of war. The chapter looks at theorists and military philosophers from the eighteenth century onwards that have identified a number of features that define and characterise “strategy.” It also analyzes the models of strategic thinking that have moved on radically over the past 50 years and exercised an obsessive attraction for military theorists.

scholarly journals Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" and Implications for Leadership: Theoretical Discussion

Organizacija ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 151-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vlado Dimovski ◽  
Miha Marič ◽  
Miha Uhan ◽  
Nina Đurica ◽  
Marko Ferjan
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Leadership ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Theoretical Discussion ◽  
Sun Tzu ◽  
Art Of War ◽  
The Past ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
Military Commanders ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Art Of War

Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" and Implications for Leadership: Theoretical DiscussionWe present a study of the Art of War from a leadership perspective, one in which we make a closer connection to the context of general organization and management. The Art of War written by Sun Tzu is one of those books that could be classified in the genre of pop-culture. Although its content used to be considered as a carefully protected state secret in the past, it is now available to everyone. Its use has in the past century of moved from warfare also to other areas of human activity. Strategic advices that it contains can be used in many more areas than just the conduct in the times of war. In fact, the success in wars, as well as in business, of course, depends on leadership, which is why we identify the positive and negative attributes of a leader in relation to strategic leadership. People are those who fight in battles and are also those who win them; and the most important person in every battle is the general. Historically, a number of successful military commanders ascribe the credit for their victories to Sun Tzu's principles. In addition, this wisdom is now being examined and used by senior executives from all around the world, especially in Asia, because it can be utilized in many business and political situations. The Chinese classic "The Art of War" is still considered as one of the most influential and important works on strategy, why a discussion on theoretical and practical implications of Sun Tzu's strategic leadership theory in a global environment is also included.

The Art of War

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Art Of War ◽  
The Art Of War

Holism, Chinese Medicine and Systems Ideologies: Rewriting the Past to Imagine the Future

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volker Scheid
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Medical Humanities ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Past ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Us ◽  
Shared Objective ◽  
Definition Of

This chapter explores the articulations that have emerged over the last half century between various types of holism, Chinese medicine and systems biology. Given the discipline’s historical attachments to a definition of ‘medicine’ that rather narrowly refers to biomedicine as developed in Europe and the US from the eighteenth century onwards, the medical humanities are not the most obvious starting point for such an inquiry. At the same time, they do offer one advantage over neighbouring disciplines like medical history, anthropology or science and technology studies for someone like myself, a clinician as well as a historian and anthropologist: their strong commitment to the objective of facilitating better medical practice. This promise furthermore links to the wider project of critique, which, in Max Horkheimer’s definition of the term, aims at change and emancipation in order ‘to liberate human beings from the circumstances that enslave them’. If we take the critical medical humanities as explicitly affirming this shared objective and responsibility, extending the discipline’s traditional gaze is not a burden but becomes, in fact, an obligation.

Reframing the Sciences of the Long Eighteenth Century

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 58-66
Author(s):  
Giuliano Pancaldi
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Half Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
History Of ◽  
Long Eighteenth Century ◽  
Past Half

Here I survey a sample of the essays and reviews on the sciences of the long eighteenth century published in this journal since it was founded in 1969. The connecting thread is some historiographic reflections on the role that disciplines—in both the sciences we study and the fields we practice—have played in the development of the history of science over the past half century. I argue that, as far as disciplines are concerned, we now find ourselves a bit closer to a situation described in our studies of the long eighteenth century than we were fifty years ago. This should both favor our understanding of that period and, hopefully, make the historical studies that explore it more relevant to present-day developments and science policy. This essay is part of a special issue entitled “Looking Backward, Looking Forward: HSNS at 50,” edited by Erika Lorraine Milam.

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