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Rethinking power

edited by Thomas E. Wartenberg

(SUNY series in radical social and political theory)(SUNY series in feminist political theory)

State University of New York Press, c1992

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-350)

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Description

The authors represent the cutting edge of current research into the concept of power. Among the topics discussed are power in social theory, feminist conceptions of power, power and sexuality, modes of oppression and domination, the significance of Foucault's theory of power, and power in market transactions. Included are contributions by Amelie Oksenberg Rorty, Terence Ball, Jeffrey Isaac, Thomas McCarthy, Gayatri Spivak, Iris Marion Young, Jean Baker Miller, Nancy C. M. Hartsock, Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, and Roger S. Gottlieb.

Table of Contents

Introduction, by Thomas E. Wartenberg 1. Power and Powers: A Dialogue Between Buff and Rebuff Amelie Oksenberg Rorty 2. New Faces of Power Terence Ball 3. Beyond the Three Faces of Power: A Realist Critique Jeffrey C. Isaac 4. Games Theory and Power Theory: A Critical Comparison Wolfgang Balzer 5. Situated Social Power Thomas E. Wartenberg 6. The Rhetoric of Domination Timo Airaksinen 7. The Critique of Impure Reason: Foucault and the Frankfurt School Thomas McCarthy 8. More on Power/Knowledge Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak 9. Five Faces of Oppression Iris Marion Young 10. The Political Economy of Contested Exchange Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis 11. Power, Scientific Research, and Self-Censorship Howard McGary 12. Women and Power Jean Baker Miller 13. Gender and Sexuality: Masculinity, Violence, and Domination Nancy C. M. Hartsock 14. Masculine Identity and the Desire for War: A Study in the Sickness of Power Roger S. Gottlieb Notes Selected Bibliography Notes on Contributors

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