The twist of the institution
Arnold Gehlen on the concept and the ethics of the state
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4745785 |
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| Authors | Christine Magerski (0000-0001-7004-7291, University of Zagreb, Croatia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 184-185 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 49-65 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/07255136241296894 |
| OpenAlex | W4405085328 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This paper aims at transforming the nexus institution-passivity into a vibrant interrelation. With this goal on my mind, I will refer to Arnold Gehlen and his controversial discussion of the state as the most powerful institution that offers an analysis not only of the complexity of institutions but also of the genuinely paradoxical nature of the institution. Seen from the perspective of philosophical anthropology, institutions are, on the one hand, inextricably intertwined with restriction and passivity, but, on the other hand, the restriction and passivity fostered by the institution must be understood as the pre-condition of an action and therefore as a force of freedom. In order to outline this thought, the paper focusses on Gehlen's last book Moral und Hypermoral (1969) and presents the institution of the state as a social-political form from which a critique - that is, a rethinking of the concept of the institution - could start
Epistemology · Institution · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · German Social Sciences and History · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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