21132 | Domination is probable obedience by some group of persons [Weber] |
23831 | The essence of power is illusory prestige [Weil] |
23812 | Force is what turns man into a thing, and ultimately into a corpse [Weil] |
23866 | In oppressive societies the scope of actual control is extended by a religion of power [Weil] |
23857 | People in power always try to increase their power [Weil] |
7425 | The aim is not to eliminate power relations, but to reduce domination [Foucault] |
8991 | Foucault can't accept that power is sometimes decent and benign [Foucault, by Scruton] |
15040 | Marxists denounced power as class domination, but never analysed its mechanics [Foucault] |
15041 | Power doesn't just repress, but entices us with pleasure, artefacts, knowledge and discourse [Foucault] |
22850 | Hidden powers are the most effective [Lukes] |
22854 | Power is a capacity, which may never need to be exercised [Lukes] |
22852 | The pluralist view says that power is restrained by group rivalry [Lukes] |
22855 | One-dimensionsal power is behaviour in observable conflicts of interests [Lukes] |
22856 | Political organisation brings some conflicts to the fore, and suppresses others [Lukes] |
22860 | The evidence for the exertion of power need not involve a grievance of the powerless [Lukes] |
22857 | The two-dimensional view of power recognises the importance of controlling the agenda [Lukes] |
22859 | Power can be exercised to determine a person's desires [Lukes] |
22861 | Power is affecting a person in a way contrary to their interests [Lukes] |
22863 | Power is the capacity of a social class to realise its interests [Lukes] |
21133 | Supreme power is getting people to have thoughts and desires chosen by you [Lukes] |
23103 | Power is meant to be confined to representatives, and subsequent delegation [Kekes] |
23263 | Politics is driven by power cliques [Grayling] |
21135 | There are eight different ways in which groups of people can be oppressed [Shorten, by PG] |