Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997) was one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Today, two decades after his death, his ideas are being discussed more intensely than ever, as they become relevant to the political and existential problems that arise in the reality of modern societies.
In his titanic effort to think and clarify every field and every level of being, Castoriadis broke the established boundaries of knowledge, combining seemingly separate objects, such as political thought and action, philosophy, art, psychoanalysis, history, and science.
The texts in this volume attempt to follow him on this journey and engage in a dialogue with his thought, illuminating questions from all the fields he dealt with. What is the soul and the human subject? What is the meaning of direct democracy and collective and individual autonomy? What role does the ontology of magma, creation, and emergence play in both the social and the natural and biological world? How did Castoriadis's love for art influence him? With which thinkers did he converse in order to create his own philosophical universe? How can we think through his concepts our own present?