Cornelius Castoriadis: Key Concepts

Description

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 one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, his work is increasingly receiving the attention it deserves in light of his enduring influence in philosophy, politics, sociology, psychoanalytic and classical studies. 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 encountering Castoriadis for the first time with a road map to the fundamentals of his thought. An international team of contributors, all experts on Castoriadis and his work, introduce and clarify the complexity of his thought through the elucidation of eighteen 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.