Anna Bennett

The Power Paradox

A Toolkit for Analyzing Conflict and Extremism

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Produktbeschreibung

The Power Paradox reveals how mainstream views of power restrict the conceptual insights needed to resolve conflict. Bennett identifies fascinating contradictions within discourses of power and relational dynamics, acknowledging the enduring quandary of power struggles: we are all implicated within them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 258g
• ISBN-13: 9780761857976
• ISBN-10: 0761857974
• Artikelnr.: 34563999

Autorenporträt

By Anna Bennett

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction   Part I: The Theory of Power 1.
Power and Resistance 2. Foucault's Legacy I. His Work II. Developments &
Inconsistencies 3. The Notion of Power 4. Re-cognising Power   Part II:
Politics, Power and Extremism 5. The American Militias 6. Waco 7. Hansonism
8. The Unabomber 9. Terrorism and the War Against It   Conclusion: Power as
Generative: The Ongoing Work of Insight and Reflection Bibliography Index