چکیده:
The concept of power is inherently controversial, because there is no intrinsic or essential relationship between the signifier and the signified of power; rather, any perceived relationship between the two is conventional, and the concept of power seeks its instances or examples within different discourses. Discourses are sets of judgments that are taken seriously in every era, and the discourse of each era determines the realities of society in that era. Therefore, power is also a set of judgments and definitions that the discourse of each era puts forward and determines its realities. Although this concept has worn different garments and taken on a different appearance and prestige due to being situated within various discourses, it has always held a central and lofty status among all nations and states, playing the role of the 'transcendental signifier' in Lacanian terms, and in Laclau's view, the role of the 'center of gravity and node' in the meaningful systems of human life. In this article, an attempt is made to examine the conceptual transformation of power by focusing on it within various classical, medieval, modern, and postmodern discourses.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Although this concept, due to being situated within different discourses, has worn different garments and taken on a different appearance and prestige, it has always held a central and lofty status among all nations and states and, in Lacan's 3 words, has played the role of the "Master Signifier" 4, and in Laclau's 5 view, the role of the "Nodal Point" 6 in the meaningful systems of human life.
Keywords: Power, Classical Thought, Medieval Philosophy, Modern Rationalism, Postmodernity (1) Assistant Professor at Mazandaran University (2)- Discourse (3)- Lacan (4)- Master Signifler (5)- Laclau (6)- Nodal Point Introduction One of the fundamental categories in political science and political thought is the concept of "power.
In his view, according to the book "The City of God," power is synonymous with "sovereignty," and its meaning in final analysis is the "supreme administrator of affairs," which in the divine realm and the City of God is provided by the chosen and the pure, and in the earthly city, by the representatives of wickedness (the state), unless the representatives of the heavenly society on earth (the Church) make the earthly society rule over the earthly society and the earthly power, bringing it closer to the center of goodness, i.
(Lukes, 1375:16) In contrast to the one-dimensional view, another approach, by assuming a reformist concept of interests, presents the second dimension of power by examining the ways that prevent decision-making regarding potential issues about which there is a manifest struggle of interests, which manifest in the form of clear policy priorities and quasi-political dissatisfactions.
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