The debate on power (puissance) remains open. The literature in International Relations (IR) understands this concept as a relation, a resource, a structure, or a social element that changes the behaviour, the position, or the identity of an actor. Power is therefore understood as a "cause". Yet, at the methodological level the causal conception of power is not fruitful. This thesis offers a non-causal conceptualization of power. After reviewing the IR literature on power, it shows that power is a spectacular instant-image that emanates from the "screenal " space. This definition is based upon the under-researched variables of "time" and "space" of power. The argument relies both on an "instantaneous" temporal understanding (phenomenology, factual history) and on a "videopoliticized" spatial understanding (television screen as political space) of international affairs.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.81519 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Vanhooren, Jérémy |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | French |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of Political Science.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002181833, proquestno: AAIMR06536, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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