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The Imaginary Institution of Society

By Cornelius Castoriadis

Book information

Publisher
The MIT Press
Year
1998
ISBN
0262531550, 9780262531559
Open Library ID
OL9384842M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3565375 bytes)
Pages
424\424
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This is one of the most original and important works of contemporary European thought. First published in France in 1975, it is the major theoretical work of one of the foremost thinkers in Europe today.Castoriadis offers a brilliant and far-reaching analysis of the unique character of the social-historical world and its relations to the individual, to language, and to nature. He argues that most traditional conceptions of society and history overlook the essential feature of the social-historical world, namely that this world is not articulated once and for all but is in each case the creation of the society concerned. In emphasizing the element of creativity, Castoriadis opens the way for rethinking political theory and practice in terms of the autonomous and explicit self-institution of society.

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