What Is Power?

by Byung-Chul Han

Book Overview

Power is a pervasive phenomenon yet there is little consensus on what it is and how it should be understood. In this book the cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han develops a fresh and original perspective on the nature of power, shedding new light on this key feature of social and political life.

Power is commonly defined as a causal relation: an individual's power is the cause that produces a change of behaviour in someone else against the latter's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509516107
• ISBN13: 9781509516100
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.2"