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Figures of the Thinkable (Paperback)
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Figures of the Thinkable (Paperback)
Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
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In this posthumous collection of writings, Cornelius Castoriadis
(1922-1997) pursues his incisive analysis of modern society, the
philosophical basis of our ability to change it, and the points of
intersection between his many approaches to this theme. His main
philosophical postulate, that the human subject and society are not
predetermined, asserts the primacy of creation and the possibility
of creative, autonomous activity in every domain. This argument is
combined with penetrating political and social criticism, opening
numerous avenues of critical thought and action.
The book's wide-ranging topics include the core worldview of
ancient Athens, where the idea of self-creation and self-limitation
made democracy possible; the wealth of poetic resources; a
deconstruction of the so-called rationality of capitalism and of
the current conception of democracy, along with a discussion of
what a radical, revolutionary project means today; the role of what
he calls the radical imagination in the creation of both societal
institutions and history; the roots of hate; a psychoanalytic view
of human development torn between heteronomy and autonomy; the role
of education in forming autonomous individuals; and notions of
chaos, space, and number.
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