Experiences of powerlessness and possibilities for empowering people

Jörg Zeller

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.

Original language	English
Journal	Dialogue in Praxis
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	Social Experiences of Powerlessness - IUC Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia Duration: 2 Jun 2013 → 9 Jun 2013

Conference

Conference	Social Experiences of Powerlessness
Location	IUC Dubrovnik
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Dubrovnik
Period	02/06/2013 → 09/06/2013

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