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Resistance

Capacity (command capacity)

The individual's ability to carry the command of their own use — to plan their own time-energy, to foresee outcomes, to set up means and ends. It is a single thing, no more and no less. Testing, oversight and resistance are its applications, not its parts.

— Physis: A Theory of Power — Concept Glossary

The definition is from the Concept Glossary of Physis: A Theory of Power; the book will be published on Zenodo in October 2026. The English wording is provisional until the official English glossary is published.

AuthorEvren Öztürk
Published19 September 2026
Research programPhysis
First appearancePhysis: A Theory of Power
Developed inPhysis: A Theory of Power — Chapter 7, §9 · §4.3, §4.5b

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