Ebook: Cornelius Castoriadis and Radical Democracy
Author: Vrasidas Karalis (Editor)
- Genre: Other Social Sciences // Philosophy
- Tags: Castoriadis Weber Heidegger Aesthetics Autonomy Performance Bureaucratic Capitalism Civilization Modernism Democracy Politics Postmodernism
- Series: Social and Critical Theory 16
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Brill
- Language: English
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The book analyses the philosophy of Greek-born French philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis. A leading member of the influential revolutionary group, Socialism or Barbarism in France, Castoriadis analysed contemporary political subjectivity and culture in terms of the collective and individual attempt to gain autonomy. His philosophy frames a multi-dimensional analysis of modern capitalist societies, based on a systematic critique of orthodox Marxism, Heideggerian ontology and Lacanian psychology. The volume consists of two parts. In the first part, his most significant essays written before his departure to France in 1945 are translated and present the young Castoriadis’ interpretation of Max Weber’s theory of bureaucratic societies. The second part consists of a series of essays by various scholars on aspects of Castoriadis’ mature philosophy in relation to other thinkers, and against the background of Europe’s political and social history.
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