The Rational Mastery in the Work of Cornelius Castoriadis

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ID4887787
AuthorsVangelis Papadimitropoulos (0000-0003-1045-9416, University of Crete, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume29
Issue3
Pages51-67
Publication date2018-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCapitalism Nature Socialism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1045-5752 • E-ISSN: 1548-3290
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10455752.2016.1267784
OpenAlexW2566094371
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited7

In this article, I make the claim that the notion of rational mastery in the work of Cornelius Castoriadis is of outmost importance for fully understanding his philosophy. Yet, this notion has largely been ignored by the literature thus far. For this reason, I intend to highlight here the importance it assumes in Castoriadis’ philosophy. To this end, I argue that the notion of rational mastery in Castoriadis’ philosophy consists in an imaginary signification of progress that develops from modernity onwards in the form of unlimited expansion of technology and economy. I continue by presenting Castoriadis’ criticism of rational mastery. I then expand his criticism into the broader context of what I claim to be the social-historical perspectivism of Castoriadis’ logic-ontology of Magmas. Finally, I conclude with the demonstration of Castoriadis’ project of individual and collective autonomy as the counterweight to rational mastery of unlimited expansion of technology and economy against nature and society

Economics · Neoclassical economics · Physics · Positive economics · Sociology · Thermodynamics · Work (physics · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics

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