Power as the Phenomenon of Social Being: toward Post-Classical Prospect of Considering the Problem
A modern socially-philosophical approach is under development implying comprehension of power in the variety of its micro- and macro-manifestations as some balance of forces. The focus is made on the visions of social theorists of post-classical orientation such as Foucault M., Bourdieu P., Giddens A. etc. Referring to them the author touches the problems of “microphysics” of power and its communicative symbolic dimension, institutional power, social order; develops and substantiates the extended interpretation of power as the net of relations which includes social agents and correlates not only with official institutions of power but with the area of everyday life, communication, culture, various channels and forms of social communication. As a result, power is shown as a universal social phenomenon usually registered in the form of some institutional structure but at the same time not narrowed absolutely to such.