Political Science · International Relations
Who among the following remarked that power in a political context means 'the power of man over the minds and actions of other men'?
AGeorge Schwarzenberger
BHermann Heller
CHans Morgenthau ✓ Correct
DBertrand Russell
Correct answer: (C) Hans Morgenthau — Hans Morgenthau defined power as control over the minds and actions of other men, so the answer is Morgenthau.
Explanation
★Hans Morgenthau defined power as control over the minds and actions of other men, so the answer is Morgenthau.
★For Morgenthau power is the central concept of international politics.
★Political power is a relationship of control between minds and wills.
★One actor shapes the thoughts and actions of another.
★This psychological definition underlies his whole realist theory.
★So this definition of power is Morgenthau's.
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