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"Making a threat" and "Domination"
Explain "Force"
→ Setting the material conditions
→ Negative physical conditions to limit
choice alternatives
→ Lot of resources : violence, walls...
Explain "Legitimation" Explain "Signification"
Explain "Manipulation"
→ Setting norms of a situation → Not in terms of norms, but in terms of
→ Tweeking the interest constellation
→ What is right and what is wrong facts
→ Happening all the time
→ Changes your action possibilities → Most elementary form of power
→ Not really clear why → Not a threat
→ We do it by using words, arguments → Making arguments
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Explain "bears"
→ Related to legitimacy
Explain "lions"
→ People who can decide what is right or Explain "foxes"
wrong
→ The Warlord - leader controls superior
→ We anticipate what the principles could → They are the economical monopolists
means of violence
want → Control access to the necessities of life
→ Somebody who could use violence
→ You rule without having to be the → Subordiantes are dependant
→ Violence is always a possibility ⇛ Power
strongest → Domination ⇛ Principle doesn't have to do
over people
→ It's about rights / legitimacy ⇛ Not anything
→ People anticipate the threat
violence → Economy of interests
→ Economy of violence
→ Economy of rights & obligations → No need to buy compliance
→ No need for explicit threat
→ No explicit decision to be made → Not powerful, you are free to go and die
→ Any sign of weakness is risky
→ Independent of underlying resources → Different from violent, because no
→ Violence once in a while to keep
→ Still have to acknowledge right, even if alientating effect
reputation ⇛ Set an example
decisions are wrong → Constant renewal of resources
→ Occasional proof of legitimacy → Part of the modern state as well
→ Bear can't overstep his rights
→ Vulnerable in times of conflict
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Explain Charismatic revelation
Explain "owls"
→ Experience of absolute truths, untainted by
Explain Fighting Big Wars
→ Symbol of wisdom ⇛ Seen as priests human caprice
→ The power of the priests is that they have → ‘sudden awakening’ of a revolutionary
→ Louis XIV had the 'monopoly of violence'
superior knowledge way of perceiving the world → King started making huge wars
→ Nobody knows what god wants, but he → In politics: Revolution: the collective
→ Expenses no longer possible for non state
knows energy of a new dawn
actors
→ It dominates our thinking → Personal Grace : touched by god
→ Level & Technology of violence incresed
→ Economy of truth → Charismatic Revival
hugely
→ Scientists don't claim a position of power → existential (often intellectual) need to
→ It brought 2 problems : Money,
→ They don't issue commands go back to the original faith and first
Disciplined army
principles before they were perverted and
→ It's based upon trust ⇛ As soon as trust is → Problems, solution, new problem, new
corrupted
gone, expertise is gone solution
→ In politics: Contemporary populism
→ Always rival experts → If you don't solve problems, you get
might be understood as a revivalist movement
→ It's difficult to control = no centralised conquered
aiming to purge representative democracy and
power give it back to ‘the people’ as the original
uncorrupted promise of democracy
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"Making a threat" and "Domination"
Explain "Force"
→ Setting the material conditions
→ Negative physical conditions to limit
choice alternatives
→ Lot of resources : violence, walls...
Explain "Legitimation" Explain "Signification"
Explain "Manipulation"
→ Setting norms of a situation → Not in terms of norms, but in terms of
→ Tweeking the interest constellation
→ What is right and what is wrong facts
→ Happening all the time
→ Changes your action possibilities → Most elementary form of power
→ Not really clear why → Not a threat
→ We do it by using words, arguments → Making arguments
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Explain "bears"
→ Related to legitimacy
Explain "lions"
→ People who can decide what is right or Explain "foxes"
wrong
→ The Warlord - leader controls superior
→ We anticipate what the principles could → They are the economical monopolists
means of violence
want → Control access to the necessities of life
→ Somebody who could use violence
→ You rule without having to be the → Subordiantes are dependant
→ Violence is always a possibility ⇛ Power
strongest → Domination ⇛ Principle doesn't have to do
over people
→ It's about rights / legitimacy ⇛ Not anything
→ People anticipate the threat
violence → Economy of interests
→ Economy of violence
→ Economy of rights & obligations → No need to buy compliance
→ No need for explicit threat
→ No explicit decision to be made → Not powerful, you are free to go and die
→ Any sign of weakness is risky
→ Independent of underlying resources → Different from violent, because no
→ Violence once in a while to keep
→ Still have to acknowledge right, even if alientating effect
reputation ⇛ Set an example
decisions are wrong → Constant renewal of resources
→ Occasional proof of legitimacy → Part of the modern state as well
→ Bear can't overstep his rights
→ Vulnerable in times of conflict
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Explain Charismatic revelation
Explain "owls"
→ Experience of absolute truths, untainted by
Explain Fighting Big Wars
→ Symbol of wisdom ⇛ Seen as priests human caprice
→ The power of the priests is that they have → ‘sudden awakening’ of a revolutionary
→ Louis XIV had the 'monopoly of violence'
superior knowledge way of perceiving the world → King started making huge wars
→ Nobody knows what god wants, but he → In politics: Revolution: the collective
→ Expenses no longer possible for non state
knows energy of a new dawn
actors
→ It dominates our thinking → Personal Grace : touched by god
→ Level & Technology of violence incresed
→ Economy of truth → Charismatic Revival
hugely
→ Scientists don't claim a position of power → existential (often intellectual) need to
→ It brought 2 problems : Money,
→ They don't issue commands go back to the original faith and first
Disciplined army
principles before they were perverted and
→ It's based upon trust ⇛ As soon as trust is → Problems, solution, new problem, new
corrupted
gone, expertise is gone solution
→ In politics: Contemporary populism
→ Always rival experts → If you don't solve problems, you get
might be understood as a revivalist movement
→ It's difficult to control = no centralised conquered
aiming to purge representative democracy and
power give it back to ‘the people’ as the original
uncorrupted promise of democracy
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