Expanding the conceptual configuration of power: beyond dualisms

Power is still a challenging concept in sociological theories. Classic definitions of power are not sufficient and new approaches concentrated on resistance, also the latest one used in a large scope and faced with varieties of empirical and theoretical critiques. Moreover, in both classical and lately approaches there is a dualism around power configuration. This paper, in the first place, tries to scrutiny these theoretical challenges around power configurations, afterward, clarify the relationship of different concepts of power and dimensions of power, and at the end, go through of dualism. The results show that classical configuration of power, in the best state, is limited on power-acceptance or power-powerlessness; also, new approaches outstand power-resistance and discard acceptance of power and powerlessness, whiles, in a logical point of view, in relation to power we can go beyond of dualisms and think about a multiple configuration contains power- resistance- powerlessness- acceptance of power.