"Ruling Machine" or Legalization of Technology

The paper is devoted to complex and multifaceted relations arising in the field of public administration, the symbolic embodiment of which is the “ruling machine”. There is a long tradition based on the analogy between the machine mechanism and human social structures. Since the era of the absolutist states and the industrial revolution, these analogies have been transferred to a special social and organizational structure, which is “bureaucracy”. A special place is occupied by the technique of management, technology of domination and organizational and technical standards, which gives the bureaucracy an image of a technical structure rather than a human team. At the same time, the strict regulation of this structure, based on a system of norms, regulations and codifications, makes the bureaucratic structure permeable to the mechanisms of legal regulation. Historically, the “ruling machine” has demonstrated its adaptability to a variety of political, economic and legal contexts, demonstrating its technical “neutrality”.

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