Cyndi Suarez

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
The Power Manual How to Master Complex Power Dynamics New Society Publishers	Liberate yourself by understanding and mastering power dynamics All social relations are laden with power. Getting out from under dominant power relations and mastering power dynamics is perhaps …	Cyndi Suarez	195	2018	View
From Introduction From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	Why do power relations matter in social change, or for any of us who care about living the best life we can live? Because we have to be clear about the type of power we seek. We need power to …	Cyndi Suarez	4	2018	$0.40 Add
From Effective Interactions Supremacist Power and Liberatory Power From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	There are three core propositions in chapter 1, Effective Interactions, drawing on the work of Michel Foucault and bell hooks: (1) that there are both supremacist and liberatory ways to act out …	Cyndi Suarez	4	2018	$0.40 Add
From Interaction Patterns Patterns of Domination and Patterns of Resistance From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	Interaction Patterns, highlights the thinking of Audre Lorde, Roland Barthes, and Franz Fanon. Lorde identified difference as the key factor that triggers power dynamics, or unequal interactions. …	Cyndi Suarez	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From Transmission of Affect Life-affirming and Life-draining Affects From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	Transmission of Affect, focuses on the work of Theresa Brennan. Brennan used research from the field of psychoneuroendocrinology, the study of hormones and their relationship to behavior, to …	Cyndi Suarez	6	2018	$0.60 Add
From The Sources of Power Relations Developmental Stages and Mind Forms From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	Chapter 4, The Sources of Power Relations, introduces the reality that the way we relate to power is developmental and that the foundation starts in childhood, where we learn through our …	Cyndi Suarez	7	2018	$0.70 Add
From Powerless and Powerful Identities Hegemony and Supreme Power From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	Powerless and Powerful Identities, explores the space between Gramsci’s hegemony, the idea that the very acceptance of power as dominance renders one powerless, and the philosophy of …	Cyndi Suarez	11	2018	$1.10 Add
From Decision and Choice The Efficient Unconscious and the Effort of Intention From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	Decision and Choice, introduces the idea that the key lever in interactions is choice, the power to choose for oneself and, very carefully, others — more broadly, the ability to make …	Cyndi Suarez	5	2018	$0.50 Add
From The Social Aspects of Choice Participation in Decision Making From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	The Social Aspects of Choice, focuses on how choice is informed by one’s environment and how one participates in collective choice. I highlight what I found most important about Carole …	Cyndi Suarez	10	2018	$1.00 Add
From Supreme Choice Mastery Over Inner Experience From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	Supreme Choice, furthers the thinking on Supreme Power introduced in chapter 5. It concludes the section on choice by asserting that one ultimately has choice over everything one experiences. It …	Cyndi Suarez	6	2018	$0.60 Add
From Rites of Passage Self Formation in Liminal Space From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	Rites of Passage, highlights Victor Turner’s thinking on liminality, the space of transformation, the ritual of transitioning from one state to another. One leaves behind previous …	Cyndi Suarez	8	2018	$0.80 Add
From Theater as Interaction and Identity Creation High Status and Low Status Characters From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	Theater as Interaction and Identity Creation, explores the first of two social spaces that at their core are about the exchange of power — theater and games. Fundamentally, to act is to …	Cyndi Suarez	11	2018	$1.10 Add
From The Purpose of Play Play as Evolution From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	The Purpose of Play, begins with Stuart Brown’s discovery of the evolutionary purpose of play. Brown outlines the features of play, one being the creation of potential future events that …	Cyndi Suarez	11	2018	$1.10 Add
From The Structure of Games Ordering Interactions From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	The Structure of Games, delves into the function of games, which is, according to Henricks, to order and reorder interactions with others. It looks at how status impacts the types of games people …	Cyndi Suarez	12	2018	$1.20 Add
From The Party Game Sign Reading From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	The Party game comes from the field of theater. Actors play it to learn the subtle differences in status between characters — how they manifest and are transformed. The purpose of this game …	Cyndi Suarez	4	2018	$0.40 Add
From The Stand, Sit, Kneel Game Deconstruction From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	The Stand, Sit, Kneel game is from the field of theater. Actors play it to learn how to amplify the status differences in scenes and reflect shifts in status. The purpose of this game is to …	Cyndi Suarez	4	2018	$0.40 Add