by tecnologia lol 5 years ago
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THE POWER
Power is the capacity to exert control or influence over individuals or populations, synonymous with strength and ability. It manifests in various forms, notably in public and political domains.
by tecnologia lol 5 years ago
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philosophical definitions of power
Michel Foucault
truth and power
- talk about corporality (tool used by states to have control)
power: ability to impose the truth (shape thoughts), the power creates the truth.
Truth: It does not exist, there is only the interpretation of the truth, concepts that are repeated and taken as truth.
Corporality
social builings
social panorama: vision to control the society
talcott parsons
Power must be exercised by directing the population in some way and helping it.
presence of subsystems
(subsidy implementation is seen)
Marxism
represented by Antonio Gramsci
class struggle
he explained power as a constant class struggle
important concept
Cultural hegemony: strengthen power
Eric Wolf
Proposes 4 different modes of power
personal, relational, organizational and structural.
Personal: the ability of a individual person to do something. (strength)
Relational: Ability to impose ideas on others.
Organizational: (convincing individuals), ability to influence a group
structural: it refers to a complex power like the state has.
Marx Weber
(opportunity as an individual)
for him ther is two types of power
A legal power and a ilegal power
legal and illegal power:
According to Marx Weber, legal power is what is recognized by the population, and refers to illegal power as the type of power that is not.
key concepts
persuasion: Direct or indirect ability to make someone accomplish something.
-Delegated Authority: Democracy -Social influence or authority -Membership in a social class -Personal or collective charisma -Ability -Awareness -Communication -Money -Domain
Divitions of power
Public
-It´s understand as the faculty of command and be obeyed
-Public as the state activity
-It´s define then as, the capacity that the state have to obligate someone to realize
Politic
It´s understand as a logical consequence of exercicing functions by part of the people that occup a representative charge inside the governamental system from a country
It is identify in democratic systems, with the power
Characteristics
-There isn´t just one definition of power
-Is hegemonic
-Is located
-It have to be recognized by the population, if not it wouldn´t have validity
