Castoriadis on the being of human

An elucidation of creation ex nihilo

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4869282
AutoresJodie Lee Heap (0000-0002-1300-4727, The University of Melbourne), Jodie Heap (The University of Melbourne, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen166
Número1
Páginas54-69
Fecha de publicación2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThesis Eleven (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/07255136211027318
OpenAlexW3182024901
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas8

Taking inspiration from the vast breadth of Castoriadis' oeuvre, this article provides an ongoing elucidation of the being of human as creation ex nihilo. It does so by engaging with Castoriadis' reflections on the vis formandi pertaining to the human condition and his tentative introduction to the concept of the ' human Nonconscious'. Across many of his essays, Castoriadis refers to the vis formandi of the being of human as an 'a-causal' and as a corporeal power of formation and of creation. Associated with the defunctionalized and the corporeal dimensions of the radical imagination, these two domains of formation and of creation are, for Castoriadis, fundamental to the ontology of the being of human. By exploring Castoriadis' theoretical and practical reflections on the vis formandi of the being of human and the role he accords the two dimensions of the radical imagination, this article offers a new mode of thinking about the being of human as creation ex nihilo - one that addresses the mind body divide by proposing that the human Nonconscious can be envisaged as the dominion of the embodied imagination

Dominion · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Human being · Human condition · Humanity · Ontology · Physics · Sociology · Theology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics