Published: 2022-06-25

Ergon w erze antropocenu i nowe pytanie o bogactwo

Bernard Stiegler , Michał Krzykawski Logo ORCID

Website: https://us.edu.pl/instytut/il/osoby/michal-krzykawski/

(article in Polish, abstract in English)

Abstract

"Ergon in the Anthropocene and the New Question of Wealth"

Source:  “L’ergon dans l’ère Anthropocène et la nouvelle question de la richesse,” in: Le travail au XXIe siècle, ed. Alain Supiot (Paris, Éditions de l’Atelier, 2019).

This article endeavours to rethink wealth and the meaning of work (understood not only as ponos, but also as ergon), in the context of the Anthropocene. It is argued that only through redefining work it is possible to safely overcome the limitations of this age. As the article proves, the Anthropocene is in fact the Entropocene: an age in which the biosphere is confronted with a sudden and mass increase of entropy in each dimension of life on Earth. In order to resolve this threat, the transformation of knowledge and skills is essential. These qualities are, arguably, capable of producing negentropy, that is, the way through which human beings produce artificial organs that enhance the world in its technological (and not biological) dimension. Therefore, negentropy is discussed as an adequate alternative to the economic models that fail to respond to the dynamics of the Anthropocene/Entropocene. 

Citation rules

Stiegler, B., & Krzykawski, M. (2022). <i>Ergon</i> w erze antropocenu i nowe pytanie o bogactwo: (article in Polish, abstract in English). Er(r)go. Theory - Literature - Culture, (44), 187–198. https://doi.org/10.31261/errgo.12258

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Er(r)go 44 (1/2022)

No. 44 (2022)
Published: 2022-07-19


ISSN: 1508-6305
eISSN: 2544-3186
Ikona DOI 10.31261/errgo

Publisher
University of Silesia Press | Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego i Wydawnictwo Naukowe "Śląsk"

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