Introduction
Section One
POWER + IDENTITY | Refusing Powerless Identities
Power + Identity Intro
1 | Effective Interactions
Supremacist Power and Liberator Power
2 | Interaction Patterns
Patterns of Domination and Patterns of Resistance
3 | Transmission of Affect
Life-affirming and Life-draining Affects
4 | The Sources of Power Relations
Developmental Stages and Mind Forms
5 | Powerless and Powerful Identities
Hegemony and Supreme Power
Section Two
POWER + CHOICE | Triggering Choice
Power + Choice Intro
6 | Decision and Choice
The Efficient Unconscious and the Effort of Intention
7 | The Social Aspects of Choice
Participation in Decision Making
8 | Supreme ChoiceMastery
Over Inner Experience
Section Three
POWER + THRESHOLDS | Creating the Self
Power + Thresholds Intro
9 | Rites of Passage
Self Formation in Liminal Space
10 | Theater as Interaction and Identity Creation
High Status and Low Status Characters
Section Four
POWER + GAMES | Playing with Power
Power + Games Intro
11 | The Purpose of Play
Play As Evolution
12 | The Structure of Games
Ordering Interactions
13 | The Party Game
Sign Reading
14 | The Stand, Sit, Kneel Game
Deconstruction
15 | The Tongue Twister Game
Reconstruction
16 | The Meisner Game
Reconstruction
17 | The Yes, But/Yes, And Game
Sign Reading, Deconstruction
18 | The Circle Game
Reconstruction
19 | The Lane Game
Reconstruction
20 | The Body Language Game
Sign Reading
21 | The Switching Game
Reconstruction
22 | The Status Master Game
Sign Reading, Deconstruction, Reconstruction
23 | The Scene Study Game
Deconstruction
24 | The Character Study Game
Reconstruction
References
Index
About the Author
A Note about the Publisher
