Phenomena of Power: Authority, Domination, and Violence

Heinrich Popitz

Published by Columbia University Press 2017

Phenomena of Power

Authority, Domination, and Violence

Heinrich Popitz
With contributions by: Andreas Göttlich and Jochen Dreher
Translated by: Gianfranco Poggi

In the series European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism

https://doi.org/10.7312/popi17594

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About this book

Phenomena 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.

Author / Editor information

Heinrich Popitz (1925–2002) was professor of sociology and founding director of the Institute for Sociology at the University of Freiburg. In 1971-72, he was Theodor Heuss Professor at the New School for Social Research.

Gianfranco Poggi is professor of sociology at the University of Trento and emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Virginia and the European University Institute.

Reviews

Hisashi Nasu, Waseda University, Japan:
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.

Ulrich Bröckling, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg:
Long 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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Editors′ Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Translator’s Note Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxvii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxix
1. The Concept of Power Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Forms of Enforcement
2. Violence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. Threatening and Being Threatened Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
4. The Authority Bond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
5. Needs for Authority: The Change in Social Subjectivity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
6. Technical Action Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
Part II. Forms of Stabilization
7. Processes of Power Formation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
8. Power and Domination: Stages of the Institutionalization of Power Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 224

eBook

Published: June 12, 2017
ISBN: 9780231544566