On the exercise of power in modern societies, East and West

The following three papers are independent pieces, related to different segments of my current research. But they all share a common concern, both in terms of their topic and their perspective. They are written on the interstices of West and East European concerns. In a perhaps unusual way. Not in the sense of trading information about the East for theorical frameworks and tools of analysis provided by the West. Rather, they attempt to take the implications of the recent changes in the East of Europe to their theoretical limit; they try to use the mileage provided by these events and the insights that one can draw from living in between these 'two worlds' in order to re-think some of our basic assumptions concerning power - related to the modern state, society, individual conduct, and their multiple connections.