Cornelius Castoriadis And Radical Democracy

Author : Vrasidas Karalis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004278585

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Cornelius Castoriadis and Radical Democracy by Vrasidas Karalis Pdf

Cornelius Castoriadis and the Project of Radical Autonomy 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 present 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 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.

Author : Martin Breaugh,Christopher Holman,Rachel Magnusson,Paul Mazzocchi,Devin Penner
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442622005

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Thinking Radical Democracy by Martin Breaugh,Christopher Holman,Rachel Magnusson,Paul Mazzocchi,Devin Penner Pdf

Thinking Radical Democracy is an introduction to nine key political thinkers who contributed to the emergence of radical democratic thought in post-war French political theory: Hannah Arendt, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Pierre Clastres, Claude Lefort, Cornelius Castoriadis, Guy Debord, Jacques Rancière, Étienne Balibar, and Miguel Abensour. The essays in this collection connect these writers through their shared contribution to the idea that division and difference in politics can be perceived as productive, creative, and fundamentally democratic. The questions they raise regarding equality and emancipation in a democratic society will be of interest to those studying social and political thought or democratic activist movements like the Occupy movements and Idle No More.

Author : Cornelius Castoriadis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781786610966

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Democracy and Relativism by Cornelius Castoriadis Pdf

In this vibrant debate with intellectuals influenced by Marcel Mauss, including Alain Caillé and Chantal Mouffe, the incisive Greek-French activist and philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis addresses the challenge of critical thinking in an international context. The first half explores the tradition of radical self-critique and the prospect of affirming its value in a non-ethnocentric way. While defending ancient Greek contributions to the Western tradition of radical self-critique — including the practice of “relativizing” one's own culture, of engaging in philosophical interrogation, and of establishing democratic institutions — Castoriadis is challenged to explore the trans-contextual features of any self-critical, or “autonomous,” social institution. In the second half Castoriadis offers a penetrating critique of representative democracy, and the discussion makes important strides toward a new conception of direct democracy, of political education, and of the institutional prerequisites for the continuation of radical self-critique in politics and philosophy.

Author : Warren Breckman
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231512893

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Adventures of the Symbolic by Warren Breckman Pdf

Marxism's collapse in the twentieth century profoundly altered the style and substance of Western European radical thought. To build a more robust form of democratic theory and action, prominent theorists moved to reject revolution, abandon class for more fragmented models of social action, and elevate the political over the social. Acknowledging the constructedness of society and politics, they chose the "symbolic" as a concept powerful enough to reinvent leftist thought outside a Marxist framework. Following Maurice Merleau-Ponty's Adventures of the Dialectic, which reassessed philosophical Marxism at mid century, Warren Breckman critically revisits these thrilling experiments in the aftermath of Marxism. The post-Marxist idea of the symbolic is dynamic and complex, uncannily echoing the early German Romantics, who first advanced a modern conception of symbolism and the symbolic. Hegel and Marx denounced the Romantics for their otherworldly and nebulous posture, yet post-Marxist thinkers appreciated the rich potential of the ambiguities and paradoxes the Romantics first recognized. Mapping different ideas of the symbolic among contemporary thinkers, Breckman traces a fascinating reflection of Romantic themes and resonances, and he explores in depth the effort to reconcile a radical and democratic political agenda with a politics that does not privilege materialist understandings of the social. Engaging with the work of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Cornelius Castoriadis, Claude Lefort, Marcel Gauchet, Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, and Slavoj i ek, Breckman uniquely situates these important theorists within two hundred years of European thought and extends their profound relevance to today's political activism.

Author : Dean Caivano
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781793652584

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A Politics of All by Dean Caivano Pdf

In this heterodox reading of Thomas Jefferson, Dean Caivano proposes a theory of democracy conceived through a politics of all. Democracy from this standpoint does not entail liberal consensus-building but rejects hierarchical forms of authority, supplanted by ongoing political resistance by “the people” to obtain freedom and equality.

Author : A. Kioupkiolis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137029621

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Freedom After the Critique of Foundations by A. Kioupkiolis Pdf

An exploration of the contemporary re-conception of freedom after the critique of objective truths and ideas of an unchanging human nature, in which modern self-determination was grounded. This book focuses on the radical theorist Cornelius Castoriadis and the new paradigm of 'agonistic autonomy' is contrasted with Marxian and liberal approaches.

Author : Alexandros Schismenos,Nikos Ioannou,Chris Spannos
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350123380

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Castoriadis and Autonomy in the Twenty-first Century by Alexandros Schismenos,Nikos Ioannou,Chris Spannos Pdf

To what degree can the philosophy of Cornelius Castoriadis help analyze and evaluate our current social reality in relation to the project of autonomy? How meaningful is his political proposition for direct democracy in the 21st century? What significance do the concepts of social time and social space have in the determination of political freedom? Castoriadis and Autonomy in the 21st Century presents basic concepts of Castoriadian philosophy, including the social-historical plane, ontological creativity, and social and individual time that provide the theoretical tools to evaluate the historical phenomena of our era. Drawing from Greece's own turbulent past and the current global crisis to reveal new significances of social freedom, global solidarity and movements of direct democracy, this book explores social autonomy and human freedom today through critical dialogue with Castoriadis' ideas.

Author : Suzi Adams
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441169143

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Cornelius Castoriadis by Suzi Adams Pdf

Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997) was a Greek-French thinker best known for his work on 'autonomy' and 'human creation'. He was a political activist, psychoanalyst, philosopher, political and social thinker and economist. Recognised as a significant and original thinker of the twentieth century, his work is receiving increased scholarly attention. Notwithstanding the richness of his work, Castoriadis's terminology can prove challenging to understand. Cornelius Castoriadis: Key Concepts is the first book of its kind, providing readers with a road map to the fundamentals of his thought. International specialists in Castoriadis's works introduce and clarify the complexity of his thought through the elucidation of nineteen key concepts that are fundamental to understanding - and grappling with - his ideas. Comprehensive and accessible, the entries have been carefully selected to cover the most central aspects - psychoanalysis, sociology, philosophy, politics - and periods of his thought.

Author : Devin Penner
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774860536

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Rethinking the Spectacle by Devin Penner Pdf

Spectacle is usually considered a superficial form of politics, which tries to distract and deceive a passive audience. It is difficult to see how this type of politics could be reconciled with the democratic requirement of active and informed agency. Rethinking the Spectacle re-examines the tension between spectacle and political agency using the ideas and practices of Guy Debord and the Situationist International as a point of departure. Drawing on radical democratic theory and examining case studies such as the 2011 Occupy movement, Devin Penner concludes that spectacle can and should be used to mobilize the public for egalitarian purposes.

Author : Marcela Tovar-Restrepo
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441134042

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Castoriadis, Foucault, and Autonomy by Marcela Tovar-Restrepo Pdf

Presents the work of Cornelius Castoriadis as an alternative to the arguably foreclosed and deterministic theoretical framework of Foucauldian poststructuralism.

Author : Christos Memos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137034465

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Castoriadis and Critical Theory by Christos Memos Pdf

By exploring the concepts of 'crisis' and 'critique', this study offers a thought-provoking re-examination of the political and social thought of Cornelius Castoriadis in light of the current world crisis and with regard to his radical critique of both the traditional Left and contemporary capitalist societies.

Author : Cornelius Castoriadis
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1992-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0816620695

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Recommencing the Revolution by Cornelius Castoriadis Pdf

Author : Sean McMorrow
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781666918052

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The Power to Assume Form by Sean McMorrow Pdf

This book examines Cornelius Castoriadis’s elucidation of the social imaginary within human societies, assessing how strict dichotomisation between autonomous and heteronomous modes of institution hinders further insights into the creative capacities of social imaginary, while also imposing limits on Castoriadis’s own assessment of the ‘partially’ autonomous situation of modern societies.

Author : Takis Fotopoulos
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1997-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780826445735

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Towards an Inclusive Democracy by Takis Fotopoulos Pdf

An analysis of the growth economy, this book traces the causes of the present crisis in the modern market system, initiated two centuries ago with the establishment of the market economy system which has led to the present growth economy. It concludes that a true democracy can only be derived from a synthesis of the democratic and socialist traditions, along with the radical green, feminist and libertarian ideologies. To this end, this text offers a new vision of an inclusive democracy.

Author : Cornelius Castoriadis
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0804742340

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Figures of the Thinkable by Cornelius Castoriadis Pdf

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.