Castoriadis's ontology : being and creation

318 Pages·2011·1.623 MB·English

by  Castoriadis, Cornelius, Adams, Suzi, Castoriadis, Cornelius

Castoriadis’s Ontology
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PERSPECTIVES IN
CONTINENTAL
PHILOSOPHY
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SUZI ADAMS
Castoriadis’s Ontology
Being and Creation
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
NewYork 2011
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LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
Adams,Suzi.
Castoriadis’sontology:beingandcreation/SuziAdams.—1sted.
p. cm.—(PerspectivesinContinentalphilosophy)
Includesbibliographicalreferences(p. )andindex.
ISBN978-0-8232-3458-5(cloth:alk.paper)
ISBN978-0-8232-3459-2(pbk.:alk.paper)
ISBN978-0-8232-3460-8(epub)
1.Castoriadis,Cornelius,1922–1997. 2.Ontology. I.Title.
B2430.C3584A64 2011
194—dc22
2011009662
PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica
13 12 11 5 4 3 2 1
Firstedition
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Contents
ListofAbbreviations ix
Acknowledgments xi
GeneralIntroduction:CastoriadisinContext 1
PART I: NOMOS
IntroductiontoPartI:TheImportanceofNomos 19
1 TowardanOntologyoftheSocial-Historical 25
2 Proto-InstitutionsandEpistemologicalEncounters 60
3 AnthropologicalAspectsofSubjectivity:
TheRadicalImagination 83
4 HermeneuticalHorizonsofMeaning 100
PART II: PHYSIS
IntroductiontoPartII:PhysisandtheRomanticist
ImaginaryofNature 137
5 TheRediscoveryofPhysis 145
6 ObjectiveKnowledgeinReview 163
7 RethinkingtheWorldoftheLivingBeing 181
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8 ReimaginingCosmology 195
Conclusion:TheCircleofCreation 214
Notes 223
References 259
Index 285
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Abbreviations
AC ‘‘AutonomieetComplexite´,’’unpublishedarchival document
CL CrossroadsintheLabyrinth
CQFG Cequi faitla Gr`ece,vols.IandII
DD ‘‘Doneandtobe Done’’
DH Domainesdel’homme
EA Del’´ecologiea` l’autonomie
ETSS ‘‘EpilegomenatoaTheoryoftheSoulwhichhasbeenpresented
asaScience’’
GI ‘‘GeneralIntroduction’’toSocialismeouBarbarie
GMPI ‘‘TheGreekandtheModern PoliticalImaginary’’
IIS TheImaginaryInstitutionofSociety
ISCS ‘‘Imaginairesocialeetchangementscientifique’’
ISR ‘‘InstitutionofSocietyandReligion’’
MSPI ‘‘ModernScienceandPhilosophicalInterrogation’’
OIHS ‘‘TheOntologicalImportoftheHistoryofScience’’
PA ‘‘PhysisandAutonomy’’
PSS ‘‘Pour-soietsubjectivite´’’
SST ‘‘TheStateoftheSubjectToday’’
STCC ‘‘SocialTransformationandCulturalCreation’’
SU ‘‘TheSayableandtheUnsayable:Homage toMerleau-Ponty’’
SV Sujetet verit´e
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TE ‘‘Technique’’
TC ‘‘Time andCreation’’
VEJP ‘‘Value,Equality,Justice,Politics:FromMarxtoAristotle,
FromAristotletoUs’’
x Abbreviations
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