Description: Further DetailsTitle: Phenomena of PowerCondition: NewSubtitle: Authority, Domination, and ViolenceISBN-10: 0231175949EAN: 9780231175944ISBN: 9780231175944Publisher: Columbia University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 04/25/2017Description: In Phenomena of Power, one of the leading figures of postwar German sociology reflects on the nature, and many forms of, power. For Heinrich Popitz, power is rooted in the human condition and is therefore part of all social relations. Drawing on philosophical anthropology, he identifies the elementary forms of power to provide detailed insight into how individuals gain and perpetuate control over others. Instead of striving for a power-free society, Popitz argues, humanity should try to impose limits on power where possible and establish counterpower where necessary. Phenomena of Power delves into the sociohistorical manifestations of power and breaks through to its general structures. Popitz distinguishes the forms of the enforcement of power as well as of its stabilization and institutionalization, clearly articulating how the mechanisms of power work and how to track them in the social world. Philosophically trained, historically informed, and endowed with keen observation, Popitz uses examples ranging from the way passengers on a ship organize deck chairs to how prisoners of war share property to illustrate his theory.Long influential in German sociology, Phenomena of Power offers a challenging reworking of one of the essential concepts of the social sciences.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Heinrich PopitzTranslator: Gianfranco PoggiContributor: Jochen Dreher (Introduction by), Gianfranco Poggi (Translated by), Andreas Göttlich (Introduction by)Book Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural CriticismRelease Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Phenomena of Power
Title: Phenomena of Power
Subtitle: Authority, Domination, and Violence
ISBN-10: 0231175949
EAN: 9780231175944
ISBN: 9780231175944
Release Date: 04/25/2017
Release Year: 2017
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Gianfranco Poggi
Contributor: Andreas Göttlich (Introduction by)
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Phenomena of Power : Authority, Domination, and Violence
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: History & Theory, General, Political, Violence in Society, Penology
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Subject Area: Political Science, Philosophy, Social Science
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Heinrich Popitz
Item Width: 6.3 in
Series: European Perspectives: a Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism Ser.
Format: Hardcover
