Experiences of powerlessness and possibilities for empowering people

Jörg Zeller

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    Abstract

    The basic thesis of my considerations in this article is that powerlessness is the experience of a social disease. The concepts of power and powerlessness are understood set against the background of an effort to clarify if it makes sense to talk about socially caused disease or disorder. A Wittgenstein, Brecht and Nørreklit inspired method for empowering people to realise a good life called Philosophical Staging is suggested. Some workshop recommendations on how to experiment with empowering and disempowering experiences conclude the article.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TidsskriftDialogue in Praxis
    StatusUdgivet - 2014
    BegivenhedSocial Experiences of Powerlessness - IUC Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Kroatien
    Varighed: 2 jun. 20139 jun. 2013

    Konference

    KonferenceSocial Experiences of Powerlessness
    LokationIUC Dubrovnik
    Land/OmrådeKroatien
    ByDubrovnik
    Periode02/06/201309/06/2013

    Emneord

    • Spirituality
    • Philosophical Staging
    • Power
    • Powerlessness
    • Social Disease
    • Empowering Experiments

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