Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Heroes: Who They Are and What They Do [example: Eleanor Roosevelt]
Chapter 2: Exemplars: How We Think and Feel About Heroes [example: Randle Patrick McMurphy from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]
Chapter 3: Redemption: Doing the Right Thing [example: Lincoln, re emancipation]
Chapter 4: Obstacles: Triumph Over Adversity [example: Ernest Shackleton]
Chapter 5: Evil: For Every Hero There is a Villain [example: Iago]
Chapter 6: Shaping: How Heroes and Villains Shape Us, and How We Shape Them [example: James Dean]
Chapter 7: Conclusions

About the Author

Scott T. Allison is Professor of Psychology at the University of Richmond.

George R. Goethals holds the E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professorship in Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond.

Reviews

"An important contribution to the literature on schemas, social cognition, and
self-identity." -PsycCRITIQUES