Pathologies of Power
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Pathologies of Power is a book by physician-anthropologist Paul Farmer that examines how social and economic inequalities drive human suffering and health disparities around the world.
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| Pathologies of Power canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T357778 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pathologies of Power Context triple: [Paul Farmer, notableWork, Pathologies of Power]
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A.
The Limits of Power
The Limits of Power is a political analysis book by historian Andrew Bacevich that critiques U.S. militarism, foreign policy overreach, and the constraints on American global dominance.
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B.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
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C.
People, Power, and Profits
People, Power, and Profits is a book by economist Joseph Stiglitz that critiques contemporary capitalism and proposes reforms to create a fairer, more inclusive economy and democracy.
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D.
One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
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E.
Hegemony or Survival
Hegemony or Survival is a political analysis book by Noam Chomsky that critiques U.S. foreign policy and argues that American pursuit of global dominance threatens both democracy and human survival.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pathologies of Power Target entity description: Pathologies of Power is a book by physician-anthropologist Paul Farmer that examines how social and economic inequalities drive human suffering and health disparities around the world.
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A.
The Limits of Power
The Limits of Power is a political analysis book by historian Andrew Bacevich that critiques U.S. militarism, foreign policy overreach, and the constraints on American global dominance.
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B.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
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C.
People, Power, and Profits
People, Power, and Profits is a book by economist Joseph Stiglitz that critiques contemporary capitalism and proposes reforms to create a fairer, more inclusive economy and democracy.
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D.
One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
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E.
Hegemony or Survival
Hegemony or Survival is a political analysis book by Noam Chomsky that critiques U.S. foreign policy and argues that American pursuit of global dominance threatens both democracy and human survival.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| argues |
clinical medicine must engage with social justice
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health care is a human right ⓘ structural violence is a key cause of disease ⓘ |
| author | Paul Farmer ⓘ |
| containsCaseStudy |
HIV/AIDS among the poor
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multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Peru and Russia ⓘ violence and health in Haiti ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| examines |
failures of health systems for the poor
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how economic inequality drives health disparities ⓘ how poverty shapes disease outcomes ⓘ links between human rights abuses and illness ⓘ role of international financial institutions in health policy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Haiti
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Latin America ⓘ Russia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| genre |
global health literature
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medical anthropology literature ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
anthropologist
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physician ⓘ |
| hasNotableConcept |
pragmatic solidarity
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preferential option for the poor in health care ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical of neoliberalism
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liberation theology influenced ⓘ social justice oriented ⓘ |
| influencedField |
global health
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human rights in patient care ⓘ medical anthropology ⓘ social medicine ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
anthropologists
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health professionals ⓘ human rights advocates ⓘ policy makers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
global health ethics
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health inequalities ⓘ human rights ⓘ human suffering ⓘ political economy of health ⓘ poverty and disease ⓘ social determinants of health ⓘ social justice in health ⓘ structural violence ⓘ |
| proposes | rights-based approach to health ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| publisher | University of California Press ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Pathologies of Power Description of subject: Pathologies of Power is a book by physician-anthropologist Paul Farmer that examines how social and economic inequalities drive human suffering and health disparities around the world.
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