Theoretical Mediations in the Definition of the Concept of Power
Theoretical Mediations in the Definition of the Concept of Power

Summary/Abstract: This article highlights the diversity of the perspectives which analyzes the power of relationships and the theoretical terms which intervene in the relation of power with the domination, power, legitimacy and authority. In the first part of the article I will present a few approaches of the relations of power, with an accent upon Weber’s contributions regarding the ideal types of domination and legitimacy. The second part of the article focuses upon the interactions which are instituted in the process of exercising power, while the third part analyzes the functioning of power relations within the “structural duality”. The last part of the paper brings in the center of attention the mechanisms through which power is exercised as a “symbolic” domination and the consequences which develop from it for the theory and practice of social research.

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