Still Divided by a Common Language
Discontentment and the Semantics of Power
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6353270 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cameron Hay (0000-0001-6327-6547, corresponding author), Colin Hay |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-50 |
| Publication date | 1999-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3268 • E-ISSN: 1467-9256 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9256.00085 |
| OpenAlex | W2084215942 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
In a recent response to an article of mine on the ‘faces of power’ controversy published in this journal (Politics Vol. 18. No. 1), James Doyle provides an important, sophisticated and provocative attempt to rehabilitate Lukes' three-dimensional conception of power from the criticisms of myself and others. He argues, in particular, that Lukes' understanding of power is not compromised by its reliance upon a distinction between subjective and objective interests since such a distinction is, in fact, ‘an integral part of the logical grammar of the concept’. Nor, he suggests, is Lukes wrong to raise the spectre of the concept of false consciousness' since the notion of ‘duping others’ is also ‘internal to the logic of the concept’ of power. Finally, Doyle argues that my chosen reformulation of the concept of power as context- and conduct-shaping unwittingly exposes me to precisely the same criticism(s) which I direct at Lukes. In this brief response I seek to clarify and defend my earlier position in the face of certain obvious misunderstandings in Doyle's reading, whilst re-stating my principal point of departure from Lukes' formulation
Consciousness · Context (archaeology · Criticism · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept · Linguistics · Political science · Power (physics · Reflexive pronoun · Sociology · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Political Theology and Sovereignty
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.1 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2008 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |