Changing The Functions of The Modern State Based on The Development of The Internet and The Expansion of Virtual Space
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Ehsan Farzaneh
1
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,
sajjad Chitforoush
2
1 - Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor of History of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Keywords: CyberSpace, Modern State, Neoliberalism, Virtual State, Soft Power.,
Abstract :
Ehsan Farzaneh Sajjad Chitforoush Abstract According to the critical theory of technology, the political system has a close relationship with scientific advances and technological innovations and the resulting social changes. Therefore, the Sate cannot be independent of the ever-increasing development of Internet technology, which is an era-making phenomenon and has affected the social system at all levels. If in a general classification, the functions of the State can be separated into four political, executive, economic and security sections, All these have been affected by the expansion of virtual space. The main question of this article is how the political, executive, economic and security functions of the modern state have changed as a result of the expansion of cyberspace. Critical theory of technology has been used to answer this question. In this framework, it has been explained that the virtual space has changed the functions of the modern state in different layers and these developments are related to the principles and requirements of late capitalism in its neoliberal form.