THE PHENOMENON OF POWER IN PHILOSOPHY OF M. FOUCAULT, N. LUHMANN AND E. GIDDENS

There are many points of view on various aspects of the phenomenon of power and a certain unity in the scientific positions is observed. There is the problem of phenomenon of power from the standpoint of a critical analysis of the concept of power presented by philosophers. However, without the support of these concepts is not possible to develop an optimum concept of power today. Consideration of the main interpretations of power as a social phenomenon it possible to determine their heuristic possibilities. Also it is considered the question of the typology of power. In the aim of effective critical analysis of the basic concepts of power which are developed in the history of philosophy, the author seeks to determine the optimum of their typology, to disclose the nature and typology of power presented concepts to hold their critical analysis. The article also analyzes the major types of concepts of power and installation of their theoretical relevance. At the end, the interpretation of power as a social phenomenon, according to the author of the article is correct. However, this does not mean that by doing all the authors that stand in this position right. Each of them in varying degrees, in certain respects is irrelevant