Null Subjects of Power The Politics of Absence in Executable Language

This article introduces the concept of <i>Null Subjects of Power</i>, where authority operates through the absence of an explicit agent. While in linguistics the null subject is a grammatical category, in predictive societies it becomes a political one: institutions obey rules without a speaker, mandates without an issuer, and decisions without a subject. From judicial sentences and financial reports to policy drafts generated by AI, the null subject marks the disappearance of responsibility while preserving obedience. The paper argues that null subjects constitute a structural category of power, redefining sovereignty in executable language.<b>DOI</b>Primary archive: https://doi.org/<b>10.5281/zenodo.17085900</b>Secondary archive: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.30085636SSRN: Pending assignment (ETA: Q3 2025)