Power can be wielded quietly by overlooked figures
Evidence
But in November 1918, when Mrs. Moskowitz telephoned Bob Moses, no one had studied her career, and none of the young men at the Bureau paid the quiet, matronly woman any special attention when she would drop by, as she sometimes did in the late afternoon, to chat with Bruère or Cleveland. Moses, on the day that she telephoned, didn’t even know what activity she was currently engaged in. He wondered what she wanted. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 397
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The most effective power operates invisibly, without coercion or open resistance. — Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New…, 42; Deep stories exert power precisely because they go unnoticed — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 143; Resistance reveals power’s hidden locations and methods better than studying power itself — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 74 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Deep stories exert power precisely because they go unnoticed
#corroborates(0.90) — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 143 - Power grows stronger the less visible it is
#expands(0.82) — Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics, 42 - Mystified power thrives when citizens are far from its sources
#corroborates(0.80) - Resistance reveals power’s hidden locations and methods better than studying power itself
#corroborates(0.75) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 74 - Power conceals itself through intense effort, not through passivity
#complicates(0.75) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 651