POWER (FORMS & SEATS)

Socrates

By McGovern

The trial of Socrates (399 BC) occurred in the Heliaea, a popular tribunal, located at the bottom of Athens’s Agora. The heliastes (judges) mistook Socrates for a sophist (in a time when the sophists were commonly blamed for the defeat in the Peloponneses...

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FORMS & SEATS OF POWER

Hong-Kong, umbrella revolution

By McGovern

The "Umbrella Revolution" in HongKong (September 2014) The “umbrella revolution” took place in Hong-Kong streets in September 2014. It illustrates the attempt at citizen empowerment in a country where the individual is crushed by mass and an invisible...

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FORMS & SEATS OF POWER

Stock exchange, Wall Street

By McGovern

Approaching NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) The New York Stock Exchange in Wall Street is in no way a political form of power; indeed one of the smallest streets in NYC is home to the vital centre of financial decisions; traders, shareholders of multinationals...

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FORMS & SEATS OF POWER

Buckingham Palace, monarchy

By McGovern

Both a dwelling and a world-famous sightseeing place, Buckingham Palace has remained, long after the British Empire disappeared, the symbol of monarchy. « The Queen doesn’t rule but reigns », meaning her power is all influential in character. Buckingham...

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