ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we continue with our explorations into the nature and effects of language use. Having considered a number of disciplinary perspectives in Chapter 6, we look in more detail at how insights from philosophy can be applied to understand the effects of the language of leadership. To do this we draw on the work of John Austin and Michel Foucault among others. In different ways both these thinkers have informed our understanding of how language is never purely descriptive but has direct effects on the social world.
