Showing papers by "Mark Haugaard published in 2008"

Liquid modernity and power: A dialogue with Zygmunt Bauman 1

Abstract: In this discussion, Zygmunt Bauman and Mark Haugaard debate the relationship of the changing nature of liquid modernity. They analyze how power relations in liquid modernity use a fundamentally different logic from solid modernity. In the former, power is exercised by controlling limiting possibilities, while the liquid modern elites dominate through uncertainty and insecurity. The contemporary condition is characterized by insatiable consumption, mobility, the contingency of social relations and flexibility. The old elites sought ‘cultural capital’ while the new elites ‘consume’ and ‘seduce’.

Sociological Lukes versus moral Lukes: Reflections upon the second edition of Power: A radical view by Steven Lukes

Abstract: Second Edition, by Steven Lukes. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, 192 pp, ISBN 0333420918 (hardback); ISBN 0333420926, £15.99, (paperback) The second edition of Power: A radical view includes...

Power and habitus

Abstract: This article explores the relationship between habitus and social power. It is argued that legitimacy and violence constitute an alternative basis of social power. The former is based upon habitus, while the latter is an extension of natural power. The complex processes whereby the state’s monopoly on violence and education are used to create habitus, thus legitimacy, are explored. The complex relationship between power legitimacy and habitus emerge as central to making sense of three‐dimensional power, hegemony, discourse formation, symbolic violence and democracy.

Power and culture

Abstract: Over the last number of years, there has been an increasing tendency for academic journals to become more specialized and standardized, with the result that some of them veer towards the overly arc...

Power, Social and Political Theories of

Abstract: At the most general level, most social and political theorists conceive of the study of power as both, the analysis of the capacity of individuals to make others do things that they would not otherwise do, and the study of the social relationships that sustain that capacity. Even within the confines of the tradition of Western social and political thought there is no one single social and political theory of power that everyone accepts as the only true and valid one. In the first half of our analysis we shall examine two of the big theories of power: the three-dimensional power debate and Foucault’s perception of power. This will be followed by an overview position bringing together these perceptions of power in combination with insights from the work of Max Weber, Anthony Giddens, Stewart Clegg, Barry Barnes, and Mark Haugaard among others. In this analysis every effort will be made to clarify not only the workings of power but also the relationship between power and other related concepts such as violence, coercion, and peace.