Performing Power
$63.69
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2025
Summary
Performing Power: How Social Performance Shapes Political Reality
When the bronze statue of Edward Colston was thrown into the Bristol harbour, what was it about this spectacle that made it more effective than countless petitions to have the slaver’s icon removed? What animated Trump’s supporters to answer his rhetorical question ‘who’s going to pay for the wall?’ during his 2016 presidential campaign? Why do leaders of social movements, or those seeking public office, bother to app…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509553747 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509553746 |
| Author: | Marcus Morgan |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 150mm x 21mm |
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“The most up to date and comprehensive examination of the concept of power to be found anywhere. A necessary part of any social science library.”Ron Eyerman, Yale University“Over the past thirty years there has been an explosion of cultural theory and research on social movements. This is a beautiful synthesis of it all. From ancient theories of rhetoric to recent theories of characters, via performance and power and much more, Morgan brilliantly pulls it together, additionally giving emotions their rightful place at the center of meaning. A big advance in social movement theory.”James M. Jasper, author of The Art of Moral Protest
About The Author
Marcus Morgan
Marcus Morgan is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Bristol.
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