دانلود کتاب Power: Oppression, Subservience, and Resistance

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Contents
Abbreviations
For Nietzsche
For Epictetus
For Plato
For Machiavelli
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART ONE
I.
Concepts of Power
A General Notion of Power
The Concept of Power-Over
Intentionally Changing the Behavior of Others
Exercising Power to Change the Behavior of Subordinates
Adversely Affecting the Interests of Subordinates
Human Interests
Power, Passivity, and Influence
Social Power
Major Uses of Power-Over
II. Thrasymachus (ca. 459–c. 400 BC) and Socrates (ca. 470–c. 399 BC): Does Might Make Right?
III. Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527): The Ambiguity of Power
Free yourself from the imperatives of conventional morality
Recognize that the masses are concerned only with positive results
Use cool, dispassionate reason to assess opportunities and possibilities, and to select your methods
Cultivate the loyalty of the masses
Accept the fact that human beings are biologically inclined toward wrongdoing
Restrain your erotic and material lusts
Keep your behavior in tune with the times
Establish strong armies and sound laws
Gain knowledge of war
Operate within the real as it is
Foster a good reputation, earn respect, but act expediently
Understand the critical ends of the state
Remember: It is better to be feared than to be loved, but avoid being hated
Develop the qualities of the lion and the fox
Be decisive, avoid neutrality
Identify and hire trustworthy ministers
Avoid sycophants
Distinguish between the art of securing and that of preserving power
Learn the recipe for political success
Machiavelli as Patriot
Machiavelli as Ironist
Machiavelli as Realist
Machiavelli as Roman Moralist
Machiavelli as Political Subversive
IV. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900): The Will to Power
The Will to Power
Perfectionism
Happiness and the Last Man
Value and Individualism
Power in Context
The Power of Slave Morality
PART TWO
V. Stoicism: Overcoming Oppression through Attitude
Background Views
Preferences and Goods
Emotions
Stoic Power
Limitations of Stoicism
VI. Georg W. F. Hegel (1770–1831): The Dynamic of Dyadic Relationships of Power
Stage One: The Incipient Ego
Stage Two: Desire and Elementary Self-Consciousness
Stage Three: Beyond Animals
Stage Four: Desire for Recognition
Stage Five: The Initial Encounter
Stage Six: Stalemate and Confusion
Stage Seven: Life-and-Death Struggle
Stage Eight: The Possibilities and Their Results
Stage Nine: The Lordship-Bondage Relationship
Stage Ten: Unequal Recognition
Stage Eleven: The Reversal
Stage Twelve: The Power of Labor
Stage Thirteen: The Climax
Hegelian Power
VII. Karl Marx (1818–1883) and Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937): Securing the Acquiescence of the Oppressed
Human Nature
Exploitation
Economic Base and Ideological Superstructure
False Consciousness
Limitations of Marxism
Ideological Hegemony
Marxism and Power
PART THREE
VIII. Michel Foucault (1926–1984): The Ubiquity of Power
First Renderings of Power
Later Refinements
Evaluating Foucault
IX. Jürgen Habermas (1929–): The Power of Communicative Rationality
Human Sciences or Knowledge
The Basis for Social Norms
Concerns
Habermas and Power
Communicative Rationality and Language
Communicative Power
Valid Norms
Constitutional Democracy
X. Feminism: The Power of Collective Transformation
Overlapping Themes
The Paradox of Identifying Genuine Interests
Causes and Remedies of Gender Oppression
XI.
Final Words
Notes
Bibliography
About the Author
Index