Magic and power (technological foundations)

Igor Andreevich Isaev; Arkady Vladimirovich Kornev; Sergey Vasilievich Lipen; Sergey Sergeevich Zenin

Igor Andreevich Isaev Kutafin Moscow State Law University, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, Moscow, Russia.
Arkady Vladimirovich Kornev Kutafin Moscow State Law University, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, Moscow, Russia.
Sergey Vasilievich Lipen Kutafin Moscow State Law University, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, Moscow, Russia.
Sergey Sergeevich Zenin Kutafin Moscow State Law University, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, Moscow, Russia - South Ural State University, Lenin Avenue, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Keywords: Power, state, magic and power, ruling machine, power technologies, power digitalization.

Abstract

The authors of the article examine historical regularities in the evolution of power technologies in the context of non-positivistic philosophical ideas of the 20th century. These philosophical beliefs imply an intuitive understanding of power, deal with the formation of psychological mechanisms of the domination-subordination relations and describe their development. The authors pay special attention to magical and sacred aspects at the early stages of political development, as well as the subsequent formation of power structures and organization of administrative functions. At the present stage of social development, the digitalization of state and political activity is of great importance. The forming order of domination and subordination, as well as power relations, initially comprise magical elements allowing a person or a group of individuals to manipulate others' behavior. Modern digital technologies find their origins in centuries-long traditions either consciously or unconsciously. The need for managerial influence overcoming social chaos is objective. As a result, the state rationalizes the management of society, organizes its administrative functions and develops a more advanced technology of political power. However, people's dependence on technology is connected with decreasing interpersonal cooperation, growing individual dependence on power and other negative experiences. The modern humanities aim to determine regularities in the evolution of political power technologies and overcome the negative consequences of modern power technologization.

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Author Biographies

Igor Andreevich Isaev, Kutafin Moscow State Law University, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, Moscow, Russia.

Kutafin Moscow State Law University, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, Moscow, Russia.

Arkady Vladimirovich Kornev, Kutafin Moscow State Law University, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, Moscow, Russia.

Kutafin Moscow State Law University, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, Moscow, Russia.

Sergey Vasilievich Lipen, Kutafin Moscow State Law University, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, Moscow, Russia.

Kutafin Moscow State Law University, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, Moscow, Russia.

Sergey Sergeevich Zenin, Kutafin Moscow State Law University, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, Moscow, Russia - South Ural State University, Lenin Avenue, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Kutafin Moscow State Law University, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, Moscow, Russia.

South Ural State University, Lenin Avenue, 76, Chelyabinsk, 454080, Russia

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