Power in the Highest Degree

Charles Derber is Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston College, where William A. Schwartz is a doctoral student in sociology. Yale Magrass is Professor of Sociology at Southeastern Massachusetts University.

"A penetrating analysis .... It is an excellent guide to the system of 'Mandarin Capitalism' that the others see emerging and its wide-ranging consequences"--Noam Chomsky"Many a page is delightful...full of insights" --Ivan Illich, author of Deschooling Society and Medical Nemesis"Power in the Highest Degree is an exciting, informative, and comprehenesive study of knowledge as power and control....Basic reading for the deepening of democracy and the weakening of inequalities in the '90s"--S.M. Miller, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Boston University"An excellent book...new, interesting, timely, and important"--Jack Seeley, author of Crestwood Heights"A thoughtful and thorough analysis of professionalism in the United States--required reading for any scholar concerned about the erosion of our democratic heritage"--Philip Slater, author of The Pursuit of Loneliness