| Title | : | Infrasocial Power |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Lorenzo Infantino |
| Release | : | 2020-06-17 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Sociology, Books, Nonfiction, Social Science, Philosophy, Politics & Current Events, Political Science |
| Size | : | 1745066 |
| Building from the level of individual interaction, this book intends to shed light on what the author terms "infrasocial power" and the relation between this individual-actor oriented level and public power. In overviewing the origins of power, the author allows for the disaggregation of the social fabric, thus making it possible to: 1) isolate the “sequence” in which the phenomenon of superordination and subordination materialises; 2) identify the institutional “instruments” which can be used to limit infrasocial power; 3) discriminate between a social position achieved through engagement with others (and what we are capable of doing for them) from one occupied by means of force and deception; 4) explain the birth and function of public power; and 5) analyze the consequences produced by different political regimes. |
