Arnold Gehlen

Arnold Gehlen (1904-1976), Anthropologist and German Sociologist , is the principal one representing " philosophical Anthropology " who develops in the wake of the last works of the philosopher and sociologist max Scheler and of the philosopher and anthropologist Helmuth Plessner.

Gehlen develops a Anthropologie in rupture with the categories of the traditional Métaphysique which considers the man like a " to be of Culture " by nature ( Der Mensch ). The work of Gehlen concerns mainly on the concept of Technique, on the Institutions and the effects of the industrial company on the human life (studies which it describes as " psychosociologiques").

Work of Gehlen was a considerable success during years 50-60 and gave place to many debates, in particular with the representatives of the École of Frankfurt. If the contribution of Gehlen to the social sciences is not any doubt, it remains however discussed because of its compromising with the mode Nazi at the time of the Second world war.

Its theory of the institutions influenced considerably the work of the sociologists Helmut Schelsky and, more recently, Niklas Luhmann, within the framework of its theory of complexity.

Works:

Theory der Willensfreiheit (" Theory of free wanting or free arbitre") (1933)
Idealismus und Existentialphilosophie (" Idealism and philosophy existentielle") (1933)
Deutschtum und Christentum EIB Fichte (" Germanism and Christianity according to Fichte") (1935)
Der Staat und die Philosophy (" The State and the philosophie") (1935)
Der Mensch. The Seine Natur und the Seine Stellung in der Welt (" The man. Its nature and its place in the monde") (1940)
Sozialpsychologische Problem in DER industriellen Gesellschaft (" The psychosociological problem in the company industrielle") (1949)
Macht einmal anders gesehen (1954)
Urmensch und Spätkultur. Philosophische Ergebnisse und Aussagen (1956)
Die Seele im technischen Zeitalter. Sozialpsychologische Problem in DER industriellen Gesellschaft (1957)
Zeit-Bilder. Zur Soziologie Ästhetik DER modernen Malerei (1960)
Über kulturelle Kristallisation (" The crystallization of the culture") (1961)
Anthropologische Forschung. Zur Selbstbegegnung und Selbstentdeckung of Menschen (1961)
Studien zur Anthropology und Soziologie (" Studies of anthropology and sociologie") (1963)
Theory der Willensfreiheit und frühe philosophische Schriften (1965)
Moral und Hypermoral. Eine pluralistische Ethik (Moral and hypermorale. An ethics pluraliste") (1969)

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