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: : I am embarking (!) on an attempt to write a paper, : : with the above title, for our University Department. : : A former member of the English group Solidarity, I : : now want to spread Castoriadis's ideas in the : : academic community. Searching for primary and secondary : : sources, and fellow-travellers..(Not sure how I arrived : : on this ship - feel as if I was press-ganged, but : : it's probably just that I am totally new to the Web). : : My central concern: do Castoriadis's ideas have a : : genuinely revolutionary content, i.e. the radical : : imaginary, or does this in practice simply support : : reformism and pluralism??? Thanks for your time, : : wherever you are!! Ian. : I have now written the first part of my paper - : it summarises how Castoriadis developed his ideas : from Trotskism to a new revolutionary perspective, : which is based on the view that we "institute" : society ourselves, thanks to our ability to : "imagine". : Society must become "autonomous", that is : creating its own norms and rules, because this is : the only kind of society that is compatible with : our ability to imagine. : I am beginning a second part which will go more : deeply into Castoriadis's psychological theory, : and in particular the idea of the "social imaginary". : Happy to exchange views with anyone else interested. : Best web site I know of on Castoridais: : http://aleph.lib.ohio-state.edu~bcase/castoriadis

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