Practice question · Select all that apply
Which are true of Lukes's third face of power?
Hints
- Three describe the argument and the objection; one misstates how he responded.
- He acknowledged the difficulty and maintained the position.
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- A. It requires the analyst to identify interests other than those expressed
- B. Its critics argue this move is uncomfortably close to claiming to know better than people do
- D. It claims A can shape B's preferences against B's own interests
Why
The objection is serious and Lukes accepted it as a difficulty rather than a refutation: identifying real interests against expressed wishes is exactly the move authoritarian politics makes. The dispute is live, and reporting it as settled in either direction misrepresents the literature.
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