What Is a Neganthropic Institution

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ID2353207
AuthorsMichał Krzykawski (0000-0002-7992-0285, University of Silesia in Katowice, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume39
Issue7-8
Pages99-115
Publication date2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0263-2764 • E-ISSN: 1460-3616
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/02632764221141604
OpenAlexW4319595705
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

This article discusses the relation between the institutions and the production of entropy as read by Bernard Stiegler and locates this discussion within a more specific debate on institutions in advanced capitalism. Commenting on Stiegler's approach to the concept of entropy, the article brings into focus the institutional strand of Stiegler's increasingly hurried writings where this concept is discussed and reframes his critique of political economy as 'neganthropology' in relation to what I describe as neganthropic institutions. A full explanation of Stiegler's positive project of neganthroplogy is offered through an inherent critique of Friedrich Hayek's economic theory and of his view on institutions. I show that Hayek's approach to institutions largely stems from his understanding of the theory of biological evolution, which is fundamentally flawed because it neglects the question of entropy with regard to the organisation of the living in general and of the human species in particular

Capitalism · Economics · Epistemology · Institution · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Relation (database · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Digital Media and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy

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