The Power Paradox: A Toolkit for Analyzing Conflict and Extremism

by Anna Bennett

Book Overview

The Power Paradox: A Toolkit for Analyzing Conflict and Extremism reveals how mainstream views of power restrict the conceptual insights needed to resolve conflict. Anna Bennett insightfully explores Michel Foucault's work on power and discourse in order to advance conceptual and contextual tools for understanding power dynamics. Through an examination of a range of extremist, terrorist, and counter-terrorist rhetoric, as well as various theories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761857974
• ISBN13: 9780761857976
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher