POWER of meanings // MEANINGS of power
  • About
  • Introduction
  • Browse the book
    • All the pages alphabetically >
      • A >
        • Agency as "Wiggle Room"
        • Power: Against the Flow, with the Flow
      • B >
        • The Bad Other
      • C
      • D
      • E
      • F >
        • Foucault's "power is everywhere"
        • Free will
        • Are you free?
      • G
      • H >
        • How Buddhism Dissolves the Free Will Dilemma
      • I >
        • Intentionality and power
      • K
      • L >
        • "Power" in language
        • Louis XIV and Absolute Power
        • Louis XIV (abridged version)
      • M >
        • "May" power
        • Micropower: Individual power
        • My synesthetic perception of "power"
      • N >
        • The Nonlinear Path of Unlearning
      • O >
        • Once safety is secured
      • P >
        • Power and powerlessness are intertwined
        • Power as ability
        • Power as influence
        • Power is not a thing
      • R >
        • Recognizing power’s complexity isn’t denying inequality
      • S >
        • (Ability and influence in) social and non-social power
        • Synonyms of power
      • T
      • U >
        • Understanding Power Imbalances Is Not Excusing
      • V >
        • Vysotsky's Coat
      • W >
        • What is power?
    • Completed pages
  • Author
    • My creative process

Completed Pages

This website is a book about power—a book in the process of being written. More specifically, it is a hypertext book, with pages interconnected through links. Blue links connect entries within this website, while purple links lead to outside sources.

Because this is a work in progress, many blue links lead to incomplete pages. This arrangement offers a sense of the scope and style of my thinking, though it can also be understandably frustrating to navigate. To make exploration easier, I have listed below all of the pages that are currently complete.

By “complete,” I mean that these entries are coherent and not just a compilation of notes. Still, since this is a living project, even “completed” pages may be rewritten over time. You can read more about my creative process to see how I approach writing this hypertext.

IMPORTANT: This hypertext has been evolving over time, and the “Completed Pages” include pieces from different stages of the journey. If you’d like to begin with my newest essays—and get the most up-to-date version of where my thinking is now—please start with my blog. That’s where I post announcements and links whenever I publish new pages, so it’s the quickest way to find what’s most recent.

  1. Ability and influence in social and non-social power
  2. Against the flow, with the flow
  3. Agency as "wiggle room"
  4. Are you free?
  5. The bad other: ​Introducing a new concept of moral othering​
  6. Did Louis XIV have absolute power? (full version)
  7. Did Louis XIV have absolute power? (abridged version) 
  8. Free will, agency, ​and the myth of “either you have power or you don’t”
  9. How Buddhism dissolves the free will dilemma
  10. ​Intentionality and power
  11. "May" power
  12. Michel Foucault: "Power is everywhere"
  13. Micropower: ability and influence
  14. My synesthetic perception of "power"
  15. The nonlinear path of unlearning
  16. "Once safety is secured": Making room for reflection
  17. Power and powerlessness are intertwined
  18. Power as ability
  19. Power as influence
  20. ​Power is not a thing
  21. "Power" in language
  22. Recognizing power’s complexity isn’t denying inequality
  23. Understanding (power imbalances) is not excusing
  24. The coat that may have belonged to Vysotsky ​
  25. What is power?​
If you are interested in getting updates about this project (e.g., when new pages are published), please sign up for the newsletter on my main website.

I use AI tools as a kind of writing partner—to shape drafts, clarify arguments, and explore phrasing. But the ideas, perspectives, and direction are always my own. Every piece here is part of an evolving personal project. For more details about my use of AI, see here.
  • About
  • Introduction
  • Browse the book
    • All the pages alphabetically >
      • A >
        • Agency as "Wiggle Room"
        • Power: Against the Flow, with the Flow
      • B >
        • The Bad Other
      • C
      • D
      • E
      • F >
        • Foucault's "power is everywhere"
        • Free will
        • Are you free?
      • G
      • H >
        • How Buddhism Dissolves the Free Will Dilemma
      • I >
        • Intentionality and power
      • K
      • L >
        • "Power" in language
        • Louis XIV and Absolute Power
        • Louis XIV (abridged version)
      • M >
        • "May" power
        • Micropower: Individual power
        • My synesthetic perception of "power"
      • N >
        • The Nonlinear Path of Unlearning
      • O >
        • Once safety is secured
      • P >
        • Power and powerlessness are intertwined
        • Power as ability
        • Power as influence
        • Power is not a thing
      • R >
        • Recognizing power’s complexity isn’t denying inequality
      • S >
        • (Ability and influence in) social and non-social power
        • Synonyms of power
      • T
      • U >
        • Understanding Power Imbalances Is Not Excusing
      • V >
        • Vysotsky's Coat
      • W >
        • What is power?
    • Completed pages
  • Author
    • My creative process