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100 1 0 _aEbobisse, Wonja
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245 0 0 _aCapitalism and hypertely
260 _c2021.
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520 _aWhat are the implications of Patrick Tort’s hypothesis that capitalism, and the civilization it stems from, are by nature hypertelic? In the scientific domain, the term “hypertely” refers to the overdevelopment of an anatomical structure that is disadvantageous to the organism. Patrick Tort’s analysis, however, proposes a new understanding of the term, connoting a dual mechanism of fragilization and overcompensation. From the naturalistic point of view, this dual mechanism is found in the process of civilization, which corresponds to the rational transformation by the human species of its natural environment into a “survival aid.” The rational faculties of the human species, overcompensating an inherent organic weakness, can then therefore be described as “hypertelic.” What lessons can be drawn from the evolution of this dual mechanism within civilization when studying it through the lens of the dynamics of economic systems on a global scale? What is the link between rationality and capitalist economy?
690 _anatural selection
690 _aMeadows report
690 _aproduction
690 _aDarwin
690 _arationality
690 _aecology
690 _ainnovation
690 _asociety
690 _acivilization
690 _ahypertely
690 _aepistemology
690 _aglobal warming
690 _alimits
690 _ascience
690 _aPatrick Tort
690 _agrowth
690 _auncertainty
690 _aeconomy
690 _aovercoming
690 _acapitalism
690 _anatural selection
690 _aproduction
690 _aDarwin
690 _arationality
690 _aecology
690 _ainnovation
690 _asociety
690 _aglobal warning
690 _acivilization
690 _aMeadow’s report
690 _aepistemology
690 _alimits
690 _ascience
690 _aPatrick Tort
690 _aexceeding
690 _ahypertelia
690 _agrowth
690 _auncertainty
690 _aeconomy
690 _acapitalism
786 0 _nLa Pensée | 407 | 3 | 2021-10-25 | p. 55-67 | 0031-4773
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-la-pensee-2021-3-page-55?lang=en
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