The Power Paradox - A Toolkit for Analyzing Conflict and Extremism

Informationen zum Autor Anna Bennett, Ph.D., is an academic student advisor and teaches foundational sociology at the University of Newcastle, Australia. 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 PrefaceAcknowledgements Introduction Part I: The Theory of Power1. Power and Resistance 2. Foucault's LegacyI. His WorkII. Developments & Inconsistencies3. The Notion of Power4. Re-cognising Power Part II: Politics, Power and Extremism5. The American Militias6. Waco7. Hansonism8. The Unabomber9. Terrorism and the War Against It  Conclusion: Power as Generative: The Ongoing Work of Insight and Reflection BibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Anna Bennett, Bennett Anna
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2012
• EAN: 9780761857969
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5796-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; 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