{"product_id":"power-dennis-wrong-9781560008224","title":"Power: Its Forms, Bases and Uses","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn one grand effort, this is an anatomy of power, a history of the ways in which it has been defined, and a study of its forms (force, manipulation, authority, and persuasion), its bases (individual and collective resources, political mobilization), and its uses. The issues that Dennis Wrong addresses range from the philosophical and ethical to the psychological and political. Much of the work is punctuated with careful examples from history. While the author illuminates his discussion with references to Weber, Marx, Freud, Plato, Dostoevsky, Orwell, Hobbes, Arendt, and Machiavelli, he keeps his arguments grounded in contemporary practical issues, such as class conflicts, multi-party politics, and parent-child relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his new introduction, prepared for the 1995 edition of \u003cem\u003ePower\u003c\/em\u003e, the author reconsiders the concept of power, now locating it in the broader traditions of the social sciences rather than as a series of actions and actors within the sociological tradition. As a result. Wrong emphasizes such major distinctions as \"power over\" and \"power to,\" and various conflations of power as commonly used. The new opening provides the reader with a deeper appreciation of the non-reductionist character of the book as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis Wrong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1560008229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781560008224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.08w x 1.03d","brand":"Dennis Wrong","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44173225459967,"sku":"9781560008224","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b3693566-eaaf-4089-93eb-83ced86ad063.jpg?v=1689791677","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/power-dennis-wrong-9781560008224","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}