Luksovo shvatanje društvene moći i dominacije
Lukes’ Viewpoints on Social Power and Domination

Author(s): Vladimir S. Mentus
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Theory, Social Theory, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: Lukes; social power; domination
Summary/Abstract: In this paper, we examine Steven Lukes’ viewpoints on social power and domination. First, we present a discussion on the latency of conflict of interests, and in that sense, four different viewpoints on power and domination – the one-dimensional model by Dahl, two-dimensional model by Bachrach and Baratz, three-dimensional model by Lukes, and capillary model by Foucault. Further, we present Lukes’ viewpoints on social power in more detail (and in this sense his critique of behaviorism, methodological individualism, and theoretical pluralism), as well as the relationship between power and domination, and his viewpoints on adaptive preferences, “real interests” and “false consciousness”, which are crucial to this perspective. Finally, we present some attempts to apply Lukes’ theoretical framework in empirical studies of power, as well as some critiques of his viewpoints.

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