In one grand effort, this is an anatomy of power, a history of the
ways in which it has been defined, and a study of its forms (force,
manipulation, authority, and persuasion), its bases (individual and
collective resources, political mobilization), and its uses. The
issues that Dennis Wrong addresses range from the philosophical and
ethical to the psychological and political. Much of the work is
punctuated with careful examples from history. While the author
illuminates his discussion with references to Weber, Marx, Freud,
Plato, Dostoevsky, Orwell, Hobbes, Arendt, and Machiavelli, he
keeps his arguments grounded in contemporary practical issues, such
as class conflicts, multi-party politics, and parent-child
relationships. In his new introduction, prepared for the 1995
edition of Power, the author reconsiders the concept of power, now
locating it in the broader traditions of the social sciences rather
than as a series of actions and actors within the sociological
tradition. As a result. Wrong emphasizes such major distinctions as
"power over" and "power to," and various conflations of power as
commonly used. The new opening provides the reader with a deeper
appreciation of the non-reductionist character of the book as a
whole.
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