Manuel Castell’s general power law, 1976-2009
According to Manuel Castells the first law of society is a power law: if there is domination there is resistance to domination. In this article, we analyze that postulate, which is displayed between 1976 and 2009, taking into account three aspects: its concrete application in our author’s social res...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2013 |
| Country: | México |
| Institution: | EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO |
| Repository: | Estudios Sociológicos |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:oai.estudiossociologicos.colmex.mx:article/105 |
| Online Access: | https://estudiossociologicos.colmex.mx/index.php/es/article/view/105 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Poder (Ciencias sociales) Castells Manuel 1942- |
| Summary: | According to Manuel Castells the first law of society is a power law: if there is domination there is resistance to domination. In this article, we analyze that postulate, which is displayed between 1976 and 2009, taking into account three aspects: its concrete application in our author’s social research, those arguments belonging to Castells himself which tend to refute it, and finally a limited dialoque with the fifth proposition about power that makes Michel Foucault in The History of Sexuality . This process will allow us to identify the main theoretical operations and conceptual change movements our author displays in relation to the mentioned general law, as well as to try a general critique of his position. |
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