Places and forms of power, plan

                                           Places     and       forms of power[pic 1]

[pic 2]

symbolic places (the White House)                                 human relations :

the language (English)                                                     democracy →freedom to vote

works of art (NicK Ut’s photo)                                        you accept authority (power)

religious places (the Ganga →purification                      oppression : China (for the treatment

= clean your body)                                                           of its minorities)

the internet, the press, media                                           the capacity to influence people (see

the street                                                                           India)

the community (communities)                                         power ↔ counter-power (resistance)

                                                                                         (example : social networks)

examples

1. the hippies

access to a different world (escape the world)

contrary to cocaine →be more productive

1. consumerism

advertising

            fregans

1. India

high technology

soft power : films, meditation

spirituality (≠materialism)

[what sort of power does India wield ?]

[to what extent did the hippies represent power ?]

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