The Power Paradox - A Toolkit for Analyzing Conflict and Extremism

Informationen zum Autor Anna Bennett Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Anna Bennett, Bennett Anna
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 16.05.2012
• EAN: 9780761857976
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5797-6
• Seiten: 168
• Themen: Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Terrorism, armed struggle, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution