Orienting Care: Boris Groys, Philosophy of Care

In Philosophy of Care, Boris Groys undertakes a reading of key philosophical texts in terms of the relationship between self-care and care, as a way of trying to reinvigorate the question of health beyond its current instantiation in biopolitical life and algorithmic life. He passes through Socrates, Hegel, Nietzsche, Kojeve, Bataille, Heidegger and others, culminating in Bogdanov's distinction between egressive and degressive organization and his cosmist-immortalist dreams. The philosophy outlined by Groys is questioned here through the prism of the work of Bernard Stiegler, in particular via the distinction between labour and work, a re-reading of Hegel on the master-slave dialectic, an interpretation of the meaning of defunctionalization, and an account of the necessity of reorienting ourselves in thought so as to make possible a new economy of care, which depends on the possibility of fostering new processes of sublimation.

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In the book "Philosophy of Care", Boris Groys examines the relationship between self-care and care by analyzing key philosophical texts. He challenges current notions of health in biopolitical and algorithmic life and explores the ideas of Socrates, Hegel, Nietzsche, Kojeve, Bataille, Heidegger, and Bogdanov. This article questions Groys' philosophy and offers an alternative perspective through the works of Bernard Stiegler, emphasizing the importance of reorienting our thoughts for a new economy of care.