In this paper,Ⅰ begin with a short review of the major semiotic contributions on money and economic value,from both the dyadic (Saussurean) and triadic (Peircean) traditions.Ⅰ then examine the evolution of money from its prehistory as barter to present day electronic currencies.In each phase,Ⅰ argue that the money sign increased in arbitrariness and became better for thinking,before all other deriving financial benefits.Ⅰ focus the analysis on two dimensions.First,the temporal dimension,by assuming Goetzmann's idea that money and finance are crucial for "the ability of humans to imagine and calculate the future ".The second dimension,in which I find a deep homology between money and our human condition,is in the scarcity principle,which relates to scarce (or finite) temporality and is the structure of any possible sense of our being according to Heidegger.%本文首先简要回顾了包括二元(索绪尔)传统到三元(皮尔斯)传统在内的,有关货币与经济价值的重要符号学文献.接着,笔者考察了货币从在史前的物物交换到当下电子货币的演化进程.本文认为,货币符号在衍生出其他经济价值之前,伴随其任意性的增加,会愈加有利于思考.对此,本文将着重从两个方面展开论述.首先,在时间维度上假设戈茨曼的观点,即货币和金融对“人类想象和计算未来的能力”至关重要.其次,在第二维度上笔者发现金钱与人类状况存在着深层的同源性,它具有一种与稀缺的(或有限的)时间性相关的稀缺原则.根据海德格尔,第二维度也是人类任何可能的感觉结构.
展开▼
