Power and Domination and Other Essays
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publishing:18th Mar '27
£21.99
This title is due to be published on 18th March, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
A definitive collection of essays by one of the leading living theorists of social power, brought together here for the first time.
In this consolidated summation of his works, Steven Lukes reflects on the central questions and changing nature of ‘the power debate’ as it has evolved since the publication of his seminal work Power: A Radical View. Including six essays on power as it relates to central themes of truth, domination and moral responsibility, and engaging with nine influential recent and contemporary theorists of power, Power and Domination and Other Essays provides a major critique of a debate that remains as alive and contentious as ever.
Bringing up to date Lukes's work on power in one accessible volume, this book is an essential companion to Power: A Radical View, now in its third edition, and useful for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of the history of social and political thought, political science and political sociology.
No one understands power better than Steven Lukes and no one writes so well about it. This collection of essays is a treasure-house of insight across a range of theoretical and practical issues. -- Philip Pettit, Princeton University, USA, and Australian National University, Australia
Steven Lukes is not only the most profound analyst of the anatomy of power and its role in social life, but also an eloquent and lucid writer with a constant touch of English humour. Both of his great talents come together so effectively in this collection of essays that reading it becomes a true pleasure. Through the debates and critiques with which he seeks to further clarify his concept of power here, Lukes provides more new insights into the topic than can be found in dozens of scholarly treatises. -- Axel Honneth, Columbia University, USA
ISBN: 9781350630154
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224 pages