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ISBN
9781509516131
Genre
Algemeen
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26-11-2018
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Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Polity Press
Auteur(s)
Byung-Chul Han
What is Power?
Byung-Chul Han
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€13,99
Power
is
a
pervasive
phenomenon
yet
there
is
little
consensus
on
what
it
is
and
how
it
should
be
understood.
In
this
book
the
cultural
theorist
Byung-Chul
Han
develops
a
fresh
and
original
perspective
on
the
nature
of
power,
shedding
new
light
on
this
key
feature
of
social
and
political
life.Power
is
commonly
defined
as
a
causal
relation:
an
individual’s
power
is
the
cause
that
produces
a
change
of
behaviour
in
someone
else
against
the
latter’s
will.
Han
rejects
this
view,
arguing
that
power
is
better
understood
as
a
mediation
between
ego
and
alter
which
creates
a
complex
array
of
reciprocal
interdependencies.
Power
can
also
be
exercised
not
only
against
the
other
but
also
within
and
through
the
other,
and
this
involves
a
much
higher
degree
of
mediation.
This
perspective
enables
us
to
see
that
power
and
freedom
are
not
opposed
to
one
another
but
are
manifestations
of
the
same
power,
differing
only
in
the
degree
of
mediation.This
highly
original
account
of
power
will
be
of
great
interest
to
students
and
scholars
of
philosophy
and
of
social,
political
and
cultural
theory,
as
well
as
to
anyone
seeking
to
understand
the
many
ways
in
which
power
shapes
our
lives today.
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