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The Anatomy of Cultural Power: Elements and Implications for Global Politics
Author(s) -
Paek Tae Youl
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
pacific focus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.172
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1976-5118
pISSN - 1225-4657
DOI - 10.1111/j.1976-5118.2004.tb00305.x
Subject(s) - power (physics) , politics , international relations , character (mathematics) , cold war , affect (linguistics) , globalization , symbolic power , political economy , political science , sociology , economic system , law , economics , physics , geometry , mathematics , communication , quantum mechanics
Until recently, the study of international politics was confined mostly to economic, military, and diplomatic aspects. In the aftermath of the Cold War and the advent of globalization, however, culture has been on the rise in the discipline. A new approach has come to appreciate the affect of culture on the nature and structure of power. It is the aim of this paper to identify and discuss the components of cultural power and their contributions to a nation's power from an international point of view. The thesis of this paper is that cultural power is different in character from economic power, military might, and diplomatic choice are factors, but are more symbolic and perceptible. At the same time, cultural power is also as influential as other aspects of power and can be a source of diffusion, absorption, and domination .