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Power: Interpersonal, Organizational and Global Dimensions
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- Instructor
- Prof. Susan S. Silbey
- Term
- Fall 2005
- Level
- Undergraduate
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Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 21A.245J Power: Interpersonal, Organizational and Global Dimensions, Fall 2005, Prof. Susan S. Silbey — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture Notes
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- Introduction, Opening Discussion Download
- How do we Study or do Social Science? Download
- Continue Elaborating Definition of Power as Capacity to Produce Intended and Foreseen Effects on Others Download
- Continue Elaboration of the Definition of Power, Begin Discussion of What Power is Not: Influence and Conformity Download
- Conformity and Influence, Then Introduction of Three Forms of Power: Manipulation, Persuasion and Force Download
- Force (cont.) Download
- Personal Power, Charisma, Leadership Download
- Charisma, Video of Reputedly Charismatic Leaders’ Speeches Download
- Explaining Power Differentials, from Classical Theory Download
- Classical Theories of Power, How do Differentials in Power Arise? Download
- How do Power Differential Arise? From Social Organization Download
- How do Power Differentials Arise: Lessons from Classical Social Theory (cont.), Review of Last Class: Max Weber Download
- How do Differentials in Power Arise? Lessons from Social Theory (cont.) Download
- How do Power Differentials Arise? Lessons from Social Theory, Marx (cont.) Download
- How is Power Institutionalized? Foucault Download
- How is Power Institutionalized and Exercised? Download
- Power Institutionalized Download
- Power Institutionalized, Concluded, Transformations in Authority in Modern World Download
- Transformations in Location and Sources of Authority (cont.) Download
- Professional Authority and Cultural Hegemony Download
- Professional Authority and Cultural Hegemony (cont.): Deconstruction and Postmodern / Post / Structuralism Download
- Post-Modernism, Postmodernity and Power (cont.) Download
- Conclusion on Postmodernism / Postmodernity, Class Discussion Download
- Concluding Observations, Comments Download
- Prof. Silbey’s Supplemental Materials The Sources, Structure, and Transformation of Power Download
- Power Pyramid Download
- Intentions in Definition of Power and Symbols Download
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- Basic Concepts from Sociology and Anthropology - Tools to think with Download
- Guide to Reading Social Science: How to work through long reading assignments Download
- Examples of Abstracts Download
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Lecture 27: Powersharing Can Power be Distributed Equally?
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Susan S. Silbey, 21A.245J Power: Interpersonal, Organizational and Global Dimensions, Fall 2005.
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