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Book SynopsisPhenomena of Power delves into the sociohistorical manifestations of power and breaks through to its general structures. Popitz distinguishes the forms of the enforcement of power as well as of its stabilization and institutionalization, clearly articulating how the mechanisms of power work and how to track them in the social world.
Trade ReviewLong counted among the classics of German postwar sociology, Heinrich Popitz's Phenomena of Power is an elegant and unique anthropological study of power. This excellent translation will add an independent perspective to the Anglophone world's discourse on power and will also open up numerous new points for analysis and comparison. -- Ulrich Brockling, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg In times of globalization, localization, and rapid technicization, the appearance of power becomes increasingly complicated. Its inquiry calls for a comprehensive theoretical viewpoint, like the one Heinrich Popitz develops in Phenomena of Power. He conceives of power as one of essential phenomena of human sociation, distinguishes four fundamental and anthropological forms of power, and articulates them in detail. Readers of this volume will acquire an appropriate viewpoint for inquiring into power. -- Hisashi Nasu, Waseda University, Japan
Table of ContentsEditors' Introduction Translator's Note Acknowledgments 1. The Concept of Power Part I: Forms of Enforcement 2. Violence 3. Threatening and Being Threatened 4. The Authority Bond 5. Needs for Authority: The Change in Social Subjectivity 6. Technical Action Part II: Forms of Stabilization 7. Processes of Power Formation 8. Power and Domination: Stages of the Institutionalization of Power Notes Index
