power

[Catherine Driscoll]

I think it's about *not* trivialising power. 
But I'm happy to hear you out. Maybe I'm wrong -- it has happened. In what 
social relation is there no power involved?

Catherine

Quoting Ian Murray <seamus2001 at attbi.com>:


> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <catherine.driscoll at adelaide.edu.au>
> 
> > Yes, and, moreover, there is no social relation that does not involve
> power.
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> 
> Well this does seem to lead to a trivialization of the meanings of power.
> I do think there are zones within social relations where an absence of
> power, in the sense of power-over, exists. This issue is how to enlarge
> those social spaces/communications in order to displace the desire on the
> part of groups to maintain their desire for power-over as constitutive of
> their identities.
> 
> Ian
> 
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