Mikhaylenok O.M., Malysheva G.A. Political relations in the digital networks context. The Caspian region: Politics, Economics, Culture, 2019, Issue. 3, pp. 79-87.

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the transformation of political relations amid digital network reality. The authors consider the development of society from the point of view of its network aspects, highlighting the role of digital technologies in the networking processes. Digital online networks are interpreted by them as an integral part of the aggregate political space. The problem of the dialectical relationship between the online and the physical world of politics, also in relation to the Russian reality, is addressed. It is demonstrated how digital networks modify the main elements of political relations: the actual subjects of political relations, the nature of the interactions between them, as well as their vision of the subject of political relations - the questions of power, governmental and socio-political order. The paper focuses on how these changes are integrated into the context of a post-modern society, including its characteristics such as the variability of social forms, post-facticity and the lack of sociocultural integrity. Considering the trend towards the robot automation of digital networks, it is proposed to approach the subjectivity of artificial intelligence in postmodern political relations as a debating point. The authors emphasize that the risks and uncertainties produced by these transformations make the problem of professional assessment of the technological progress political dimension relevant.