Leadership is an under-studied topic in the international development literature. When the topic is broached it is usually in support of what might be called a ‘hero orthodoxy’: One or other individual is identified as the hero of a specific achievement. The current article offers a three part argument why this orthodoxy is problematic and wrong for many developing countries, however. It sugges...

[1] In two previous articles (Burns 2000, 2002) I have explored the topic and some of the relevant literature on homoeroticism in the Hebrew Bible, the ancient Near East and the Judeo-Christian traditions. Since then a few more studies have revisited the subject, notably those of Ackerman and Jennings. It is worthwhile to consider them, to assess their contribution to the ongoing debate and to ...

banugoshasb-nameh is a national epic poem written in imitation of ferdowsi's shahnameh about banugoshasb's life and courage, daughter of rostam. the poem, the only epic in persian literature is the central story of a heroic woman. most researchers, who have studied this poem, have focused on the presence of banugushasb in the context of epic and her heroism. they sometimes related her...