1st Edition
Theorising Noumenal Power Rainer Forst and his Critics
Noumenal power: an editorial
Mark Haugaard, Matthias Kettner
1. The seductive force of ‘noumenal power’: a new path (or impasse) for critical theory?
Simon Susen
2. Noumenal power: concept and explanation
Steven Lukes
3. On structural power
Clarissa Rile Hayward
4. Relational, structural and systemic forms of power: the ‘right to justification’ confronting three types of domination
Albena Azmanova
5. A broad definition of agential power
Pablo Gilabert
6. Justification and the four dimensions of power
Mark Haugaard
7. The forstian bargain: overrationalizing the power of reasons
Matthias Kettner
8. Noumenal power revisited: reply to critics
Rainer Forst
Biography
Mark Haugaard is Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. He is the founder editor of the Journal of Political Power and the book series, Social and Political Power. He has published extensively upon political power and his most recent publication is The Four Dimensions of Power, 2020.
Matthias Kettner is Professor of Philosophy at Witten/Herdecke University, Germany. He has published widely on discourse ethics, applied ethics, and the philosophy of psychoanalysis.
