Der Staat der Netzwerkgesellschaft

Karl-Heinz Ladeur’s work describes the transformation of modern society from a ‘society of individuals’ into a ‘society of organisations’ and finally into a ‘society of networks’. Basing his analysis on this finding, Ladeur also rethinks the modern state. From an external perspective, the state now forms a node in a global network that is more than the sum of its parts. Internally, i.e. in relation to the networks on the national level, the state now functions only as a ‘type of unit’. It can no longer encompass and control the networks. Instead, its task is to moderate the irreducible diversity of those networks and their interplay.

With contributions by
Prof. Dr. Dr. Ino Augsberg | Lukas Büthe | Dr. Angelo Golia Jr. | Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Hase | Mansoor Koshan | Prof. Dr. Marcelo Neves | Maximilian Petras | Anette Purucker, LL.M. | Prof. Dr. Jörg Philipp Terhechte | Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gunther Teubner | Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas Vesting