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Castoriadis's ontology [electronic resource] : being and creation / Suzi Adams.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Adams, Suzi.
Series:
Perspectives in continental philosophy.
Perspectives in continental philosophy
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ontology.
Castoriadis, Cornelius, 1922-1997.
Castoriadis, Cornelius.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 300 p.).
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : Fordham University Press, 2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The first systematic reconstruction of Castoriadis' philosophical trajectory, this book interprets the shifts in his ontology by reconsidering the ancient problematic of human institution & nature on the one hand, & the question of being & creation on the other.
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:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-8232-4073-8
0-8232-4921-2
OCLC:
732959329

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