Castoriadis: Psyche, Society, Autonomy (Social and Critical Theory; a Critical Horizons Book, 6)

This book is a critical exploration of the philosophical underpinnings and implications of Cornelius Castoriadis’ reflections on Being, society and the self. The book introduces the reader to the main concepts of Castoriadis’ work, but goes further to uncover the fundamental philosophical issues addressed by Castoriadis, and to critically examine the issues his work opens up, assessing and, where necessary, offering suggested amendments to the answers Castoriadis himself puts forward. Key conceptual problems addressed include the distinction between autonomy and heteronomy, the nature of the self and self-creation, and the nature of determination in a fundamentally indeterminate universe. Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Foreword by Dick Howard......Page 12 Introduction......Page 16 1 Autonomy and Heteronomy......Page 26 2 The Other Self......Page 33 3 Beyond the Closed World: The Autonomous Subject and its Others......Page 43 1 The Impossibility of Creation and the Logic-Ontology of Determinacy......Page 52 2 The Failure of Traditional Accounts of Society and History......Page 62 3 The Imaginary ......Page 70 1 The Self ......Page 80 2 The World of the Self......Page 85 3 Representation and its Other......Page 89 1 The Life of the Body......Page 100 2 Self-Creation......Page 106 3 Many in One: Types of Psyche and Levels of Self......Page 116 1 Peculiarities of the Human Psyche......Page 128 2 The Representational World of the Human Psyche......Page 134 3 Representational Pleasure and Sublimation......Page 142 1 The Community of Selfs and the Compulsion to Respond......Page 160 2 The Myth of the Monad......Page 163 3 The Impossible Object of Desire......Page 184 1 Being as Magma......Page 194 2 The Mode of Being of Magmas......Page 201 3 Magmas and Ensembles......Page 211 1 Ensemblisation and the Ensidic......Page 228 2 The Ensidic and the History of Creation......Page 245 1 The Measure of Things......Page 256 2 Determination Beyond Limits......Page 274 1 Autonomy, Heteronomy and the Significance of Greece ......Page 286 2 Religion, Meaning and the Abyss......Page 310 3 Meaning and Truth......Page 320 The Legacy of Castoriadis......Page 328 The Journey, and What We Have Made of It......Page 334 Bibliography......Page 344 Index......Page 356 "This book is a critical exploration of the philosophical underpinnings and implications of Cornelius Castoriadis' reflections on Being, society and the self. The book introduces the reader to the main concepts of Castoriadis' work, but goes further to uncover the fundamental philosophical issues addressed by Castoriadis, and to critically examine the issues his work opens up, assessing and, where necessary, offering suggested amendments to the answers Castoriadis himself puts forward."--BOOK JACKET Self-creation And Autonomy -- Creation, Society And The Imaginary -- Self And World -- The Living Body -- The Human Psyche -- The Whole World And More : The Meaning Of The Monadic Psyche And Its Fate -- Magmas -- Determination And The Logic Of Indeterminate Being -- Indeterminacy And Interpretation -- Autonomy And Meaning. By Jeff Klooger ; Foreword By Dick Howard. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Self-creation and autonomy Creation, society and the imaginary Self and world The living body The human psyche The whole world and more : the meaning of the monadic psyche and its fate Magmas Determination and the logic of indeterminate being Indeterminacy and interpretation Autonomy and meaning The legacy of Castoriadis The journey, and what we have made of it. This book is an introduction to the key ideas contained in Cornelius Castoriadisa (TM) radical new theory of society and history, as well as a critical exploration of the philosophical underpinnings and implications of his reflections on Being, society and the self