Castoriadis's Ontology

Being and Creation

Bibliographic Data

ID19917385
AuthorsSuzi Adams (corresponding author)
Year2022
Publication date2022-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueCastoriadis's Ontology (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherFordham University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1515/9780823291106
OpenAlexW2618175687
ISBN9780823291106
LanguageEN
Citations received7

This book is the first systematic reconstruction of Castoriadis' philosophical trajectory. It critically interprets the internal shifts in Castoriadis' ontology through reconsideration of the ancient problematic of 'human institution' (nomos) and 'nature' (physis), on the one hand, and the question of 'being' and 'creation', on the other. Unlike the order of physis, the order of nomos played no substantial role in the development of western thought: The first part of the book suggests that Castoriadis sought to remedy this with his elucidation of the social-historical as the region of being elusive to the determinist imaginary of inherited philosophy. This ontological turn was announced with the publication of his magnum opus The Imaginary Institution of Society (first published in 1975) which is reconstructed as Castoriadis' long journey through nomos via four interconnected domains: ontological, epistemological, anthropological, and hermeneutical respectively

Epistemology · Ontology · Computer Science · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism

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