Description
About the Author
Guido Parietti is Assistant Professor of Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy at James Madison College, Michigan State University.
Reviews
Parietti makes a large contribution to our understanding of the vexed and contested concept of power. In addition to spot-on critiques of others' views, he develops a refreshingly original 'Arendtian' analysis of power. * Terence Ball, Professor Emeritus, Political Science and Philosophy, Arizona State University *
Parietti's analysis of 'power' makes a vital contribution to our understanding of this key political concept. Taking issue with the dominant conceptualizations of 'power' as a thing, an object, or a potentiality tied to a determined end, Parietti invites us to understand it instead as a modal category that denotes open possibilities. This rethinking, inspired by Hannah Arendt's political thought, results in a meticulously researched and lucid account of 'power' that should be of great interest to political theorists, philosophers, and social scientists working on this concept. * Ayten Gundogdu, Tow Associate Professor of Political Science, Barnard College *
If you think you know what 'power' means, Guido Parietti's book will make you think again, and help you along. On the Concept of Power is at once a bracing polemic and a patient reconstruction of the fundamentally 'modal' character of this elusive concept. Any scholar of politics will learn a lot from Parietti, whether they're inspired by his perspective, provoked to disagreement, or both! * Patchen Markell, Associate Professor of Government, Cornell University *
Guido Parietti's On the Concept of Power is a major contribution to the history of philosophy and to social scientific analyses of power. * John P. McCormick, Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago *
Bridging the gap between philosophical and social science disciplines, Parietti presents the two sides of power - its subjective representation and its objective effect. And both are unavoidable if we want to understand when an actor has power or does not have power. * Morten Bonke, Information *
Book Information
ISBN 9780197607480
Author Guido Parietti
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 157mm * 226mm * 31mm