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"The Castoriadis Reader, with representative extracts from almost fifty years of political and philosophical writing, reflects his long march from Marx back to Aristotle." Scott McLemmee, Lingua Franca
"When so many pay superficial tribute to false prophets, how much better to pay serious attention to this true thinker." Nicolas Walter, New Statesman
"For those unfamiliar with the thought of Castoriadis, reading his works for the first time is to encounter one of the most original and creative figures of the last half of the twentieth century." David Wallace, Topia
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Cornelius Castoriadis is presently Director of Studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He is a philosopher, social critic, professional economist, practicing psychoanalyst and one of Europe′s foremost thinkers. The Castoriadis Reader provides for the first time an overview of the author′s work and encompasses every aspect of his thought.
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Socialisme ou Barbarie grew out of a tendency established during the summer of 1946 inside the Parti Communiste Internationaliste (PCI), the French Trotskyist Party. Read the first page
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Excellent all-round introduction to Castoriadis' work
16 Aug 1999
Format:Hardcover
Cornelius Castoriadis was one of the most original thinkers of this century and this book provides a good entry point for those interested in the matters his thought touches upon; Society, Philosophy, Autonomy, Psyche. It also provides, for those somewhat familiar with his work, an insight on the way his thought changed historically. Of particular interest, the last chapter includes an interview with the man himself in which he answers some of his critics. However, you must read some of his other publications if you want more in-depth treatment of the various subjects.
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Difficult and Militant
29 Oct 2009
Format:Paperback
This comprehensive collection of essays by Cornelius Castoriadis distills the essential trajectory of his thinking from 'Socialism or Barbarism' to the later work on the social imaginary. Castoriadis remains an anti-Marxist revolutionary who is seeking an alternative to the barbarity of capitalism, which he finds in rather obscure postulations regarding 'autonomy.' He has situated himself as a combatant of what he calls, 'philosophical determinatedness.' Castoriadis often resorts to awful neologisms (Magma, identitiary politics), which are neither interesting nor analytically useful. Although he is under-read today his philosophical skewering of the Western tradition is often embarrassingly swift and reductive.
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