Thank you Rev. Judith - I have deeply concurred with the sentiment John Adams articulates in this quote from his letter:
"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Painting and Poetry Mathematicks and Philosophy."
Political leadership is the human vocation of highest social consequence because it determines w…
Thank you Rev. Judith - I have deeply concurred with the sentiment John Adams articulates in this quote from his letter:
"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Painting and Poetry Mathematicks and Philosophy."
Political leadership is the human vocation of highest social consequence because it determines what values inhabit and are enacted by our institutions. In the industrial age consciousness of university trained and professionalized vocations we operate with a division of labor and specialization of skills orientation. The art and craft of the vocation of the political leader is the old one of being able to talk to everybody, find the alignments with situations of every person and help move the network of institutions of society to enact their next living cycles. The politician leader cannot operate with specialized craftsmen's consciousness of the professional of the industrial age or the age of University education.
John Adams' sentence is an acknowledgment of the fact that our political leaders are the keepers of the health and adaptability of our institutions which in turn make the rest of ongoing society possible.
Thank you Rev. Judith - I have deeply concurred with the sentiment John Adams articulates in this quote from his letter:
"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Painting and Poetry Mathematicks and Philosophy."
Political leadership is the human vocation of highest social consequence because it determines what values inhabit and are enacted by our institutions. In the industrial age consciousness of university trained and professionalized vocations we operate with a division of labor and specialization of skills orientation. The art and craft of the vocation of the political leader is the old one of being able to talk to everybody, find the alignments with situations of every person and help move the network of institutions of society to enact their next living cycles. The politician leader cannot operate with specialized craftsmen's consciousness of the professional of the industrial age or the age of University education.
John Adams' sentence is an acknowledgment of the fact that our political leaders are the keepers of the health and adaptability of our institutions which in turn make the rest of ongoing society possible.
Thank you so much,
Alok