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Castoriadis's Ontology - Being and Creation (Hardcover)
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Castoriadis's Ontology - Being and Creation (Hardcover)
Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
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This book is the first systematic reconstruction of Castoriadis'
philosophical trajectory. It critically interprets the internal
shifts in Castoriadis' ontology through reconsideration of the
ancient problematic of 'human institution' (nomos) and 'nature'
(physis), on the one hand, and the question of 'being' and
'creation', on the other. Unlike the order of physis, the order of
nomos played no substantial role in the development of western
thought: The first part of the book suggests that Castoriadis
sought to remedy this with his elucidation of the social-historical
as the region of being elusive to the determinist imaginary of
inherited philosophy. This ontological turn was announced with the
publication of his magnum opus The Imaginary Institution of Society
(first published in 1975) which is reconstructed as Castoriadis'
long journey through nomos via four interconnected domains:
ontological, epistemological, anthropological, and hermeneutical
respectively. With the aid of archival sources, the second half of
the book reconstructs a second ontological shift in Castoriadis'
thought that occurred during the 1980s. Here it argues that
Castoriadis extends his notion of 'ontological creation' beyond the
human realm and into nature. This move has implications for his
overall ontology and signals a shift towards a general ontology of
creative physis. The increasing ontological importance of physis is
discussed further in chapters on objective knowledge, the living
being, and philosophical cosmology. It suggests that the world
horizon forms an inescapable interpretative context of cultural
articulation - in the double sense of Merleau-Ponty's mise en forme
du monde - in which physis can be elucidated as the ground of
possibility, as well as a point of culmination for nomos in the
circle of interpretative creation. The book contextualizes
Castoriadis' thought within broader philosophical and sociological
traditions. In particular it situates his thought within French
phenomenological currents that take either an ontological and/or a
hermeneutical turn. It also places a hermeneutic of modernity -
that is, an interpretation that emphasizes the ongoing dialogue
between romantic and enlightenment articulations of the world - at
the centre of reflection. Castoriadis' reactivation of classical
Greek sources is reinterpreted as part of the ongoing dialogue
between the ancients and the moderns, and more broadly, as part of
the interpretative field of tensions that comprises modernity.
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Imprint: |
Fordham University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Perspectives in Continental Philosophy |
Release date: |
June 2011 |
First published: |
June 2011 |
Authors: |
Suzi Adams
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards / Cloth
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Pages: |
312 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8232-3458-5 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-8232-3458-4 |
Barcode: |
9780823234585 |
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