Assuming the existence of Hegel‟s consistent overall picture of the concept of entropy, the author transfers the physical term of entropy into economics and sociology and illuminates the relevance of second law of thermodynamics within both disciplines. Basis of translation is the present...

Ausgangspunkt ist der Begriff der physikalischen Entropie1, wie er in der Arbeit von T. Randolph Beard und Gabriel A. Lazoda (1999): Economics, Entropy and the Environment: The Extraordinary Economics of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Edward Elgar-Verlag, Chel-tenham, UK, und Northampton, MA, USA...