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The Circular Structure of Power keyword-barbara-browning He has had an enormousFew concepts in social theory have been used so extravagantly in recent years as the notion of power. Yet, despite its inflated presence, the term is still unclear and under theorized. In The Circular Structure of Power, Torben Dyrberg rises to the challenge of conceptualizing power through a philosophical examination of its uses in contemporary social theory. Drawing on the insights of Michel Foucault, Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, Dyrberg