The Use and Abuse of Power
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: June 14, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781841690230
Subjects: Social, group or collective psychology; Psychology; Group Psychology; Social Psychology; Sociology - General; Psychology & Psychiatry / Social Psychology; Influence (Psychology); Control (Psychology)
First sentence: The Hobbesian (1968) assumption that we are programmed by our desires, and by our dependence on other people to satisfy these desires, provides an important perspective for understanding the use of power.