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Existentialism pervades modern culture, yet if you ask most people what it means, they won't be able to tell you. In this lively and topical introduction, Wartenberg reveals a vibrant mode of philosophical inquiry that addresses concerns at the heart of the existence of every human being. Wartenberg uses classic films, novels, and plays to present the ideas of now-legendary Existentialist thinkers from Nietzsche and Camus to Sartre and Heidegger and to explore central concepts, including Freedom, Anxiety, and the Absurd. Special attention is paid to the views of Simone de Beauvoir and Franz F

Abstract
The question of how to define the concept of social power has been a focus of controversy among social theorists. In this paper, I put forward a definition of social power that avoids many of the pitfalls of previous attempts at such a definition. Roughly, I define the power which one agent has over another as the ability that the dominant agent has to control the situation within which the subservient agent acts. Using this basic definition of power, I go on to define many of the central forms in which power actually exists, forms that are conceptualized by such concepts as force, coercion, and influence. I show that these different forms of power can all be understood as specifications of the generic definition of power that I offered and go on to develop an account of how they function in relation to one another in actual relationship of social power.

The film, With Babies and Banners, which uses retrospective oral histories to depict the role of the Women's Emergency Brigade (WEB) in the United Auto Workers' (UAW) strike in Flint, Mich, is discussed. The events leading to the creation of the WEB are detailed, focusing on how the women's consciousness of themselves changed as they took on new, self-determined roles. With the formation of the WEB, an autonomous social organization, women were able to act collectively in a manner of their own choosing. It is argued that the disbanding of the WEB after the UAW "victory" represented a loss for women members in reducing their ability to seek an active role in the UAW. It is concluded that social organizations create the possibility of individuals acting collectively & thus play a constituting role in social movements. 18 References. K. Carande

Social actions can be formulated in the frame of game theory or in a frame using,
and foccussing on, the notion of power. The two frames are described and clarified. The
comparison of theories from these two branches are evaluated from the point of theory of science.