Castoriadis's ontology : being and creation / Suzi Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Suzi.

Series:

Perspectives in continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Castoriadis, Cornelius, 1922-1997.

Castoriadis, Cornelius.

Ontology.

Physical Description:

xii, 300 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2011.

Summary:

This book is the first systematic reconstruction of Castoriadis's philosophical trajectory. It critically interprets the internal shifts in Castoriadis's ontology through reconsideration of the ancient problematic of "human institution" (nomas) 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 nomas 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.

With the aid of archival sources, the second half of the book reconstructs a second ontological shift in Castoriadis's thought that occurred during the 1980s. It argues that Castoriadis extends his notion of "ontological creation" beyond the human realm and into nature. This move has implications for his overall ontology and signals a shift toward a general ontology of creative physis. Book jacket.

Contents:

Toward an ontology of the social-historical

Proto-institutions and epistemological encounters

Anthropological aspects of subjectivity: the radical imagination

Hermeneutical horizons of meaning

The rediscovery of physis

Objective knowledge in review

Rethinking the world of the living being

Reimaging cosmology

Conclusion: the circle of creation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780823234585

0823234584

9780823234592

0823234592

9780823234608

0823234606

OCLC:

694832799