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New Article:The Limits of Power

2/16/2014

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Malcolm Gladwell's most recent book is about a lot of things, but one of the things that it's about is that the powerful are not always as powerful as they appear to be. In my latest Québécois Libre article, "The Limits of Power: A Review of Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath," I briefly examine how Gladwell treats this idea, and then mention some of the possible implications of questioning the legitimacy of political authority that he does not discuss.

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    Bradley Doucet is a Montreal writer and the English Editor of Le Québécois Libre.

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