Short Introduction to the Political Legacy of Castoriadis

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Short Introduction to the Political Legacy of Castoriadis

Published on Apr 25, 2020

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Author: Yavor Tarinski Publisher: Aftoleksi City and Date: Athens, 2020 Cover and design: George Chelebiev Edit and Preface: Mark Mason The analysis offered by Cornelius Castoriadis remains, more than 20 years after his death, as relevant as ever before. This is so as he manages to detect with high accuracy the problems that still surround us and the ongoing crisis of insignificance. From the beginning of his writings he reveals the inherent problems of bureaucracy, the logic of political representation, the consumerist culture and the capitalist paradigm of unlimited economic growth. This criticism of his remains evidently abreast with our time. The project of autonomy, which Castoriadis saw as a possible alternative, forms the foundational basis of struggles towards a true democratic and ecological society. In his contributions to our comprehension of the dynamics between the individual and the polis, he exhumed insights about the psychosocial landscape modulated by di

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Short Introduction to the Political Legacy of Castoriadis

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