Category Coercive Power
Doctorification
I started my PhD in 2018. I finished my coursework in 2021. After that, there was a sort of “floating” period where I published research and lived a mostly-normal life. Then, from 2024 until last Wednesday, there was the thesis. Sitting here, as the newly minted Dr. Garrido, I feel I can offer some clarification […]
The Doomed Moralists
I recently had the opportunity to sample The Partially Examined Life’s Robert Nozick episode and IQsquared’s Karl Marx discussion. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become less and less amenable to both Nozick’s libertarianism and Marx’s, well, Marxism. It might just be early onset curmudgeon, perhaps blind prejudice but I’m going to at least try to […]
French And Raven on Power
French and Raven’s Five Forms of Power Understanding Where Power Comes From in the Workplace By James Manktelow What’s the source of your power? Leadership and power are closely linked. People tend to follow those who are powerful. And because others follow, the person with power leads. But leaders have power for different reasons. Some […]
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