Power (a Radical View)

By (author) Lukes Steven
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Now in the Revelations series, this edition includes a reflection by Steven Lukes on the nature of the power debate in the world today.
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Since its publication in 1974, Power has consolidated its reputation as a classic work and a major reference point within social and political theory by assessing the main debates about how to conceptualize and study power.

New to the Revelations series, this revised edition presents a brand new introduction by Steven Lukes on the nature of the power debate in the world today. It includes the original text from the first and all subsequent editions, and is essential reading for anyone interested in the concept of power.

Table of contents:

Introduction to the Revelations edition
Introduction to the third edition
Introduction to the second edition
1. Power: A Radical View
2. Power, Freedom and Reason
3. Three-Dimensional Power
4. Domination and Consent
5. Exploring the Third Dimension

Biographical note:
STEVEN LUKES is Professor of Sociology at New York University, USA. He was previously a Fellow and Tutor in Politics and Sociology at Balliol College, Oxford, UK, and has held professorships at the European University Institute, Florence, the University of Siena, Italy, and the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
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Now in the Revelations series, this edition includes a reflection by Steven Lukes on the nature of the power debate in the world today.
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Bringing together books and thinkers that have opened up startling new ways of looking at the world, the Bloomsbury Revelations series celebrates the originality and excellence of Bloomsbury Academic''s non-fiction publishing. Including books by the likes of Carol Adams, Winston Churchill, Slavoj Zizek, Ferdinand de Saussure, Ronald Dworkin, Constantin Stanislavski, Susan Strange and Gilles Deleuze, this is an essential library of the thinkers who have fundamentally shaped the way we see the modern world.
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Brand new Introduction by Steven Lukes on the nature of the power debate in the world today
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Now in the Revelations series, a re-edition of a classic text within the canon of social and political theory
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Offers a detailed critique of existing analyses and an original argument for a three-dimensional view of power