Abstract:This entry highlights the contribution to sociological theory of the work of Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997), the Greco‐French philosopher, economist, psychoanalyst, and post‐Marxist revolutionary. After growing up amid dictatorship and war in Greece, Castoriadis went to study philosophy in Paris, cofounding the libertarian‐socialist group and journal
Socialisme ou Barbarie
(1949–1967), many of whose ideas influenced the 1968 worker‐student uprising. As the journal's editor, Castoriad… Show more
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