Power: Oppression, Subservience, and Resistance - Softcover

Belliotti, Raymond Angelo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438459564 ISBN 13: 9781438459561

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2017

Synopsis

Deepens our understanding of power through a survey of how its dynamics have been understood from ancient times to the present.

Frequently understood in simplistic and often highly negative terms, the concept of power has proven to be both uncommonly intriguing and maddeningly elusive. In Power, Raymond Angelo Belliotti begins by fashioning a general definition of power that is refined enough to capture the numerous types of power in all their multifaceted complexity. He then proceeds in a series of discrete yet thematically connected meditations to explore the meaning of power in ancient, modern, and contemporary thought. In grappling with the critical questions surrounding the accumulation, distribution, and exercise of personal and social power, this work allows us to confront fundamental questions of who we are and how we might live better lives.

“Power is an impressive project for its breadth and insight. Belliotti offers an exhaustive discussion of the philosophical notion of power, which deepens the reader’s understanding of power and provides a ‘powerful’ tool for assessing the proper uses of and abuses of social and dyadic power relations. The book is rich with material, expertly organized, and written in a clear and accessible style.” — Kimberly Blessing, Buffalo State, The State University of New York

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Review:

"Power is an impressive project for its breadth and insight. Belliotti offers an exhaustive discussion of the philosophical notion of power, which deepens the reader's understanding of power and provides a 'powerful' tool for assessing the proper uses of and abuses of social and dyadic power relations. The book is rich with material, expertly organized, and written in a clear and accessible style." -- Kimberly Blessing, Buffalo State, The State University of New York

About the Author:

Raymond Angelo Belliotti is SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Fredonia. He is the author of many books, including Machiavelli’s Secret: The Soul of the Statesman, also published by SUNY Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1438459564
• ISBN 13: 9781438459561
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272