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En esta fascinante obra, Kenneth Boulding emplea sus extraordinarias cualidades intelectuales para explorar y analizar la naturaleza del poder, uno de los conceptos que a pesar de evocar imagenes de grandes imperios, de miserias humanas, y de triunfos y fracasos personales peor entiende la humanidad. Las tres caras del poder, asi, ofrece lo mejor de su autor: enfoques innovadores y audaces sobre los mas importantes conceptos del pasado y del presente, reflejados en originalisimos analisis que sientan las bases para futuros debates sobre el poder. Segun Boulding, el poder se puede dividir en tres categorias principales: el poder amenazador, destructivo por naturaleza, que se utiliza sobre todo en el mundo de la politica; el poder economico, que se basa principalmente en el poder de producir e intercambiar cosas y el poder integrador, que se basa en relaciones como la legitimidad, el respeto, el afecto, el amor, la comunidad y la personalidad. De este modo, e invirtiendo la teoria general de la disuasion, Boulding sostiene que es un gran error considerar el poder amenazador como el poder fundamental. Ya que no es efectivo si no esta reforzado por el poder economico y por el poder integrador: unas conclusiones que tienen un amplio campo de aplicacion, desde las armas nucleares al debate sobre las relaciones intimas entre las personas. El libro acaba constituyendo asi un llamamiento optimista y estimulante en pro de un futuro libre de peligros, construido mediante el poder de la interaccion y del conocimientos humanos.

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Kenneth Boulding is one of the most prolific, provocative, and highly regarded economists of our time. Born in England in 1910, he received his M.A. at Oxford University and moved to the United States in 1937. Since then he has authored or coauthored over two dozen books and has taught at a number of leading universities. Currently he is affiliated with the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado.

In an early essay, "Is Economics Necessary?" Boulding argued that economics is important not merely as it relates to the marketplace but because it is a part of virtually all other human activities. Many of his works are extensions of this theme. As a result, his writings cover an astonishing variety of topics, including ecology and religion. His pioneering efforts to apply economic concepts to the areas of social conflict, peace, and disarmament have established him as one of the founders of the school of conflict resolution.

Boulding's early work, Economic Analysis (1941), is regarded as a classic overview and survey of the field. Many of his other works, including A Reconstruction of Economics (1950) and Conflict and Defense (1962), were once required reading for graduate students in economics. Others, such as Beyond Economics (1968) and Economics as a Science (1970), are collections of shorter essays covering such diverse topics as politics, social justice, and ethical problems, and are intended for a broader audience. The Image (1956), a theory of human behavior based on perceptions of the world, has received critical praise from all quarters and is perhaps his best-known work among noneconomists.

Boulding has received nearly every significant award or recognition in the field of economics, and he has been the recipient of 25 honorary degrees from universities around the world. In his spare moments, he enjoys poetry, sketching, and watercolor painting.

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