# Should we take our leaders as seriously as they take themselves?

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Rodney Barker
- Year: 2006
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, Philosophy
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/should-we-take-our-leaders-seriously-they-take-themselves)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Political leaders invest time and energy in cultivating their public images and their identity as rulers, but the cultivation is as much for themselves as for subjects and voters. What are the consequences, good and bad, of this for ordinary citizens?

## Lectures

1. [Should we take our leaders as seriously as they take themselves?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/should-we-take-our-leaders-seriously-they-take-themselves/08a5b84df294) (YouTube)