Fundamentul antropologic al conceptelor de suveranitate şi utopie
Anthropological foundation of the concepts of sovereignty and Utopia

Summary/Abstract: The main idea of this text is that the concepts of sovereignty and utopia, though at first glance without any apparent connection, do in fact have a common reference, which is the one of modern political philosophy and political anthropology. They pertain also to the mode of being of man as such, to his specific way of inhabiting the world. Besides that I argue with the help of the Arnold Gehlen philosophical anthropology and Jean Jacques Wunenburgers/Gilbert Durands theory of imaginary that this both concepts express some essential features of man and that they pertain to his condition as Mangelwesen, as a being which is characterized through lack. Human beings do not have the natural equipment of the other living beings, no claws, no fur etc, therefore they have to find a way to maintain their existence. Man need to shape himself, his needs, his wishes, and also to create and control this created environment. Utopia is rooted in this need of conceiving a blueprint for man to exercise sovereignty over the environment and himself.

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