Begegnungen im Vorraum der Macht. Carl Schmitt und Niklas Luhmann

Leander Scholz

doi:10.1524/dzph.2011.0029

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Begegnungen im Vorraum der Macht. Carl Schmitt und Niklas Luhmann

Leander Scholz

Published/Copyright: June 21, 2011

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From the journal Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie Volume 59 Issue 3

Abstract

Following Carl Schmitt′s diagnosis that the area of politics is becoming diffuse, this article analyses the transformation of the relationship between the powerholders and the subordinates under the condition of an increasing numbers of observers representing a powerful factor in their own right. In the perspective of Schmitt this factor threatens the relation of protection and obedience and therefore the whole fundament of politics. By contrast this article understands the system theory of power by Niklas Luhmann as an answer to the problem: including the observers in the process of the execution of power and transforming them into managers of political risk renders the reproduction of power possible under the condition of increasing observation.

Keywords: Luhmann; power; risk society; Schmitt; system theory

Published Online: 2011-06-21

Published in Print: 2011-06

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Luhmann; power; risk society; Schmitt; system theory