The concept of the State in the institutional analysis

Abstract

In this essay, the concept of State is presented from the perspective of Henri Lefebvre and René Lourau. For Lefebvre, its origins have to do with the moment in which the State had to take charge of economic growth. A State Mode of Production is generated, which is characterized by a State model, called the Modern State, which acts by institutionalizing everything in its path. René Lourau’s concept, the unconscious-state, was worked on with Lefebvre, and is also characterized by this function, but includes the corollary of the Mühlmann effect. If Lefebvre states that the overflows of said State must be analyzed, for Lourau, the question of whether the State can be analyzed refers to the analysis of the implications, and to the effect of the analyzers.