Political Science · International Relations
UGC NET December 2014 Political Science
Who among the following has remarked that power in a political context means 'the power of man over the minds and actions of other men'?
AGeorge Schwarzenberger
BHerman Heller
CHans Morgenthau ✓ Correct
DBertrand Russell
Correct answer: (C) Hans Morgenthau — The remark that power means man's control over the minds and actions of other men belongs to Hans Morgenthau.
Explanation
★The remark that power means man's control over the minds and actions of other men belongs to Hans Morgenthau.
★Morgenthau set this out in his classic work 'Politics Among Nations' (1948).
★For him political power is a psychological relation of control between those who hold it and those over whom it is exercised.
★Power lets one actor shape the will and conduct of others to serve its own purposes.
★Morgenthau held that states must seek power to secure their national interest.
★George Schwarzenberger defined power as the capacity to impose one's will through effective sanctions.
★Bertrand Russell, a philosopher, wrote on power in society but did not give this particular definition.
★Morgenthau's view of power is the cornerstone of classical realism in international relations.
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