Skip to main content

Sage Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > group dynamics > group influence > power (sociology) > power and political theory > will to power
... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > group dynamics > group influence > power (sociology) > power and social theory > will to power
... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > group dynamics > group influence > power (sociology) > types of power > will to power

Preferred term

will to power  

Definition

  • The will to power is a phrase made popular by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844—1900). Though rarely used in his principal works, it appears frequently in the selection of posthumous notes and fragments later published, in corrupted form, by his sister, Elizabeth Förster-Nietzsche, in a volume called The Will to Power. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Will to Power]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/will_to_power

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD