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In his massive Study of History, metahistorian Arnold Toynbee says that the careers of extraordinary individuals are normally marked by phases of “withdrawal and return.” He added that “such a withdrawal may be a voluntary action,” or it may be “forced by circumstances beyond their control.” Regardless, they go back to the environment out of which they came, ready for renewed greatness.1
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Arnold J. Toynbee, A Study of History. Abridgement of vols. 1-V1 by D.C. Somervell (New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1947), 217.
The topic is discussed in Disaster Ritual: Explorations of an Emerging Ritual, by P. Post, R.L. Grimes, A. Nugteren, H. Zondag (Dudley, MA: Peeters Publishers, 2003).
JFK, held in unusually high esteem, is an exception. Peter Esaisson, Donald Granberg, “Attitudes toward a Fallen Leader, Evaluations of Palme before and after the Assassination” British Journal of Political Science 26, no. 3 (July, 1996), 438.
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Derfler, L. (2011). Conclusions. In: The Fall and Rise of Political Leaders. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230117242_13
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