THE POWER

THE POWER AS DEFINITION: It refers to the capacity of executing an hegemonic domain in one or many individuals.

It also can be denominate as the hability of influence in a population (Faculty of command).

power is synonymous with strength, ability or domain

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

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

philosophical definitions of power

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

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.

Marxism

represented by Antonio Gramsci

class struggle

he explained power as a constant class struggle

important concept

Cultural hegemony: strengthen power

talcott parsons

Power must be exercised by directing the population in some way and helping it.

presence of subsystems

(subsidy implementation is seen)

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