On Powers, Great and Small

About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities and modern interpretations of power in society.

POWER is on the mind these days, as the world grapples with shifting global power dynamics, old powers crumbling, new ones rising, and archaic power paradigms resurfacing… Yes, issues of power run rampant and discussions on power are front and center. But like everything else in modern discourse, the discussion on power has been decontextualized. Power is seen as an abstract bodiless force that governs from above, or an arbitrary human construct that is either relentlessly pursued or seen as ...

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Schrei

Topics covered

• power dynamics
• global power
• social constructs
• modern discourse
• power paradigms

Keywords

• power
• global dynamics
• social power
• discourse
• paradigms

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