Cornelius Castoriadis, <I>Figures of the Unthinkable</i>

NOT BORED! writes:

Figures of the Unthinkable

Cornelius Castoriadis

NOT BORED! has just published a new book in English by the Greek/French theorist Cornelius Castoriadis, who is best known as the founder of the French revolutionary group Socialisme ou Barbarie. Entitled Figures of the Thinkable, it is composed of essays written between 1986 and 1997, the year that Castoriadis died. Translated from the French. Not available anywhere else.
Figures of the Thinkable
(including "Passion and Knowledge")

By Cornelius Castoriadis, translated from the French and edited anonymously as a public service. Numbers in parentheses refer to the date of original publication in French or English, whichever occurred first. See each individual publication note for date of composition. Numbers following the publication date refer to pages in the PDF version.[which is available at the website]

CONTENTS

Notice, ii

Books by Cornelius Castoriadis Published in English with Standard Abbreviations, v

Books by Cornelius Castoriadis Published in French with Standard Abbreviations, vii

French Editors' Preface, xi

French Editors' Notice, xiv

Foreword, xvii

On the Translation, lxvi

PART I: POIESIS

Aeschylean Anthropogony and Sophoclean
Self-Creation of Man (1991), 5

Notes on a Few Poetic Means (1996), 39

PART II: KOINONIA

The "Rationality" of Capitalism (1997), 81

Imaginary and Imagination at the Crossroads (1997), 123

First Institution of Society and Second-Order Institutions (1986), 153

PART III: POLIS

Heritage and Revolution (1996), 173

What Democracy? (1990), 195

PART IV: PSYCHE

Passion and Knowledge (1992), 249

The Psychical and Social Roots of Hate (1996), 277

Psyche and Education (1993), 299

Psychoanalysis: Situation and Limits (1997), 331

Psyche and Society Revisited (1996), 353

PART V: LOGOS

False and True Chaos (1993), 381

Remarks on Space and Number (1993), 395