Power from the people? critical reflection on a conceptualization of power
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11044978 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Fryer (0000-0003-1563-7947, University of Stirling, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 238-245 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jcop.20234 |
| OpenAlex | W2071347163 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 9 |
Isaac Prilleltensky's “The Role of Power in Wellness, Oppression, and Liberation: The Promise of Psychopolitical Validity” (2008) is commended as an interesting reading of the literature on power, which interestingly includes some and excludes other relevant writing. However, doubts are expressed as to whether the term “ power ,” as used in this article by Prilleltensky, is meaningful, necessary, useful, or advisable to community/critical psychology because it is fundamentally individualistic and psychologistic. Instead, it is proposed that power be understood as a dynamic of social systems rather than a property of individuals within them and that the apparent power of individuals is understood as the subjective manifestation of the societal distribution of power. Finally, it is suggested that Prilletensky's article itself functions in politically and ideologically conservative ways in relation to a number of problematically powerful interest groups. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc
Conceptualization · Epistemology · Ideology · Individualism · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Property (philosophy) · Reading (process) · Relation (database) · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity · Youth Development and Social Support
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2018 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |