The necessity of institutions is shown by presenting the chaos that can destroyed lives when they are weakened or liquidated. People needs mediation to understand themselves and that can be provided by the institutions. What's more man without the institutions does not know who he is. A man without institution is not able to arouse the motivation for action-oriented ideal. Strong and stable institutions provide social support to the activities of individuals. Gehlen's theory of institutions shows how thinking about the further prospect of human activities can create the base for constructing institutions. Political anthropology, philosophical anthropology, theory of institutions, moral hypertrophy, state order Abstrakt Instytut Nauk Politycznych i Stosunków Międzynarodowych. Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych.
