Cornelius Castoriadis

This is one of the most original and important works of contemporaryEuropean thought. First published in France in 1975, it is the major theoretical work of one of the foremost thinkers in Europe today. This is one of the most original and important works of contemporary European thought. First published in France in 1975, it is the major theoretical work of one of the foremost thinkers in Europe today. Castoriadis offers a brilliant and far-reaching analysis of the unique character of the social-historical world and its relations to the individual, to language, and to nature. He argues that most traditional conceptions of society and history overlook the essential feature of the social-historical world, namely that this world is not articulated once and for all but is in each case the creation of the society concerned. In emphasizing the element of creativity, Castoriadis opens the way for rethinking political theory and practice in terms of the autonomous and explicit self-institution of society.

The Imaginary Institution of Society

Daniel Cohn-Bendit

Apo tēn oikologia stēn autonomia

"This posthumous collection of interviews and occasional papers given by Castoriadis between 1974 and 1997 is a lively, direct introduction to the thinking of a writer who never abandoned his radically critical stance. It provides a clear, handy resume of his political ideas, in advance of their times and profoundly relevant to today's world." "For this political thinker and longtime militant (co-founder with Claude Lefort of the revolutionary group "Socialisme au Barbarie"), economist, psychoanalyst, and philosopher, two endless interrogationshow to understand the world and life in society - were intertwined with his own life and combats." "Castoriadis constantly returns to the question of democracy as the never-finished, deliberate creation by the people of societal institutions, analyzing its past and its future in the Western world. He scathingly criticizes "representative" democracy and develops a conception of direct democracy extending to all spheres of social life." --Book Jacket.

Interviews and Debates, 1974-1997

A Society Adrift

En los textos aquí reunidos, el autor profundiza en algunos temas que ya había tratado anteriormente: los límites de la racionalidad del capitalismo, la democracia como institución explícita de la sociedad, lainterrogación filosófica sobre la ciencia y la psique. Bajo el título Poíesis, Castoriadis aborda diversos aspectos de la creación humana —los medios de expresión de la poesía, la antropogénesis en los trágicos griegos del siglo v— que, si bien no soncompletamente nuevos en su obra, rara vez había tratado desde esta perspectiva.

Figuras de lo pensable

A collection of articles, lectures, and interviews whose apparent variety, touching on social criticism, psychoanalysis, philosophy, poetry and science, among others, is actually strongly focused on one main idea: that of autonomous, creative action at the individual and collective levels.

Figures of the Thinkable

Cornelius Castoriadis propõe ao leitor uma reflexão que transita por vários domínios e que exige, simultaneamente, um certo tipo de engajamento político diante das crises e dilemas por que passa o mundo contemporâneo. Com uma reflexão original a respeito das novas formas de opressão burocrática no capitalismo moderno, denuncia a cegueira daqueles que insistem em defender a superioridade do regime soviético. Neste volume, o leitor poderá acompanhar as aventuras e encruzilhadas do esforço de compreensão global que identifica a crise nas sociedades ocidentais, denuncia as análises que abafam a originalidade dos movimentos dos anos 60 e avalia os múltiplos desdobramentos da Guerra do Golfo.

a ascenção da insignificância

As encruzilhadas do labirinto

Sur Le politique de Platon

A collection of interviews in which Cornelius Castoriadis discusses his key works and ideas.

Cornelius Castoriadis

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