Wu, BinDevine, Nesta2024-08-222024-08-222021-12-15Access: Contemporary Issues in Education, ISSN: 0111-8889 (Print); 0111-8889 (Online), Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, 41(2), 44-47. doi: 10.46786/ac21.13570111-88890111-8889http://hdl.handle.net/10292/17919Neoliberalism promotes the self as an enterprise. The entrepreneuring self originates from a western concept of autonomic individualism, which in its extreme form, gives rise to narcissist leadership in neoliberal times. Narcissist leaders are efficient in achieving neoliberal indicators and outcomes for personal gain. This leadership style is detrimental to the public good and democracy. Critiques of narcissist leadership could benefit from using an alternative ontological perspective: a Confucian notion of the self as an ecological being.ACCESS: Contemporary Issues in Education is published by the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA). It is online, green open access, so papers are published online once they are accepted.4701 Communication and Media Studies4702 Cultural Studies46 Information and Computing Sciences47 Language, Communication and Culture4610 Library and Information Studies0807 Library and Information Studies2001 Communication and Media Studies2002 Cultural Studies4610 Library and information studies4701 Communication and media studies4702 Cultural studiesJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.46786/ac21.1357