The Politics of Ape and Machine: Power as Organization

Power shapes everything around us -- from the way governments are built to the way families, workplaces, and communities function. Yet most of us rarely stop to ask: What is power? How does it really work? And why do some people and institutions hold onto it while others lose it?

In this collection of essays, Joseph Costello draws on history, politics, business, and culture to reveal the hidden and outright forces that govern our lives. Moving between vivid stories and clear frameworks, the ...