School Of Humanities And Communication ArtsUnderstanding PowerWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101731.3
Discipline: STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Co ordinator
Mark G. E. Kelly
Equivalent Units
100970 - Understanding Power
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Successful completion of 60 credit points of study in currently enrolled course.
Teaching Periods
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About this UnitThis unit aims to explore contemporary understandings of power and its various manifestations in the modern world. Numerous themes are considered including informal and formal mechanisms of power, the uses and abuses of power, resistance, plus various examples of "powered" sites. The unit examines the relation between power, violence and the state. The unit concentrates on a few, influential theorists of power. Particular attention is paid to how power has an impact on the production of culture.
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