tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post5835126765260440914..comments2024-03-23T04:01:39.348-04:00Comments on Understanding Society: Power and social classDan Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-36602738786501539522020-08-30T05:36:35.448-04:002020-08-30T05:36:35.448-04:00how is power exercised in society?
how is power exercised in society?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01444730003405139525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-25768486081096234672019-09-27T09:56:53.016-04:002019-09-27T09:56:53.016-04:00How do social forces shape the power relationship ...How do social forces shape the power relationship between groups or classes of peopleAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623236179296781077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-54910575123635130412018-12-29T01:27:11.791-05:002018-12-29T01:27:11.791-05:00Nice topic. i love it thanks for posting. keep pos...Nice topic. i love it thanks for posting. keep posting..Ramila Hurtinghttp://ramilahurtingjikhadiya.innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-28019784272626357022017-05-12T00:24:59.993-04:002017-05-12T00:24:59.993-04:00Why is power important in understanding how Societ...Why is power important in understanding how Society works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-49153960757216925042017-05-12T00:22:06.409-04:002017-05-12T00:22:06.409-04:00Why is power important in understanding how societ...Why is power important in understanding how society works.Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602352263233600323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-45237773415862721962017-05-12T00:22:04.964-04:002017-05-12T00:22:04.964-04:00Why is power important in understanding how societ...Why is power important in understanding how society works.Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602352263233600323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-64481986035427451052013-01-30T19:16:19.063-05:002013-01-30T19:16:19.063-05:00got an essay on this...... damngot an essay on this...... damnA.$.A.Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-67348201412551264402012-01-04T08:40:33.281-05:002012-01-04T08:40:33.281-05:00All power comes from who basic concepts:
a) Emoti...All power comes from who basic concepts: <br />a) Emotions (thereby both ideas, beliefs and attitudes) are contagious.<br />b) Authorities within society are spreading more emotions than they receive because confidence creates immunity towards incoming emotions and allows causing stronger emotions on the other side. <br /><br />Everyting else is causation of these two.Pecahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179457891917454893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-73417681966069394552008-08-27T10:56:00.000-04:002008-08-27T10:56:00.000-04:00Thanks, Dan. These are helpful comments.There's a...Thanks, Dan. These are helpful comments.<BR/><BR/>There's another of Scott's ideas that I like on this topic -- his idea of "public transcripts" and "hidden transcripts" as a way of making sense of peasant consciousness. I think his general view is that peasants and other under-class agents are more clear-eyed than the "hegemonic" approach would suggest about the nature of the exploitation and domination that surrounds them.<BR/><BR/>DanDan Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-31458391781628634482008-08-27T09:01:00.000-04:002008-08-27T09:01:00.000-04:00I am a little confused - in your terms, are power ...I am a little confused - in your terms, are power and class <I>theories</I> or <I>things</I>, that is, objects of social analysis?<BR/><BR/>Second, I think your definition of power leaves out, well, a lot of the interesting dynamics. So, you have, ""Power" is a compound social characteristic in virtue of which an individual or group is able to compel the actions or inactions of other individuals or groups against their will or contrary to their interests, needs, and desires." So, basically a modification of Weber's "probability of getting what you want in spite of resistance", with a few more words thrown in to make clear who the set of relevant actors are, yes? <BR/><BR/>But what then of Lukes' 3rd type of power - the power to set interests, to prevent conflicts by altering interests, etc.? I highly recommend Timothy Mitchell's critique of James Scott's "Weapons of the Weak", available here: <A HREF="http://www.jstor.org/stable/657563" REL="nofollow">"Everyday Metaphors of Power"</A>. It shows some of the problems of trying to understand power and hegemony without really thinking through what those terms mean. Mitchell argues that even though the peasants in Scott's story resist, they do so in ways that show that they have accepted the inevitability of the system even without acknowledging completely its legitimacy. That is sufficient to call it hegemonic for Mitchell. Anyway, it's a neat read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com