The Nature and Attributes of Power _Translated from Power Analysis「权力分析」 (Ch.3) [Author’s self-translation]

Building upon the discussion of power's conceptual definition and formative principles in the preceding two chapters, this paper further delineates the social phenomenon of "power". I posit that power possesses four essential characteristics: consciousness, intentionality, purposefulness, and effectiveness. Regarding power's attributes, I concur with Dennis H. Wrong's proposition that power has three dimensions: extensiveness, comprehensiveness, and intensity. However, based on my theoretical framework of power formation, I provide a novel interpretation of power's "intensity".