Cornelius Castoriadis Quotes
Cornelius Castoriadis was a Greek-French philosopher, psychoanalyst, and political theorist. A founding figure of the heterodox Marxist group Socialisme ou Barbarie in post-war Paris, he broke with Marxism in the 1960s while retaining a radical commitment to the project of human self-government. The quotes below are attributed to Cornelius Castoriadis, organized by topic.
Cornelius Castoriadis on Freedom
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Attributed to Cornelius Castoriadis:
“Autonomy is the project of consciously giving ourselves our own laws.”
Cornelius Castoriadis on Mind
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Attributed to Cornelius Castoriadis:
“The radical imagination is the deepest source of human creativity.”
Cornelius Castoriadis on Politics
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Attributed to Cornelius Castoriadis:
“Society is self-instituted; it is not given by nature, by God, or by history.”
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Attributed to Cornelius Castoriadis:
“We are responsible for what we make of the world we share.”
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Attributed to Cornelius Castoriadis:
“The crisis of the West is the crisis of imagination as much as of institutions.”