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Figures of the thinkable / Cornelius Castoriadis ; translated by Helen Arnold.

Author/creator Castoriadis, Cornelius, 1922-1997
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.
Descriptionxii, 279 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
Uniform titleFigures du pensable. English
Series Meridian
Meridian (Stanford, Calif.) ^A321280
Contents Poiēsis -- Aeschylean anthropogony and sophoclean self-creation of anthrōpos -- Notes on some poetic resources -- Koinōnia -- The "rationality" of capitalism -- Imaginary and imagination at the crossroads -- Primal institution of society and second-order institutions -- Polis -- Heritage and revolution -- What democracy? -- Psyché -- The psychical and social roots of hate -- Psyche and education -- Psychoanalysis : its situation and limits -- The psyche and society anew -- Logos -- The social-historical: mode of being, problems of knowledge -- False and true chaos -- Remarks on space and number.
General noteTranslated from the French.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-279).
LCCN 2006037118
ISBN9780804742344 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0804742340 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780804756181 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN080475618X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks B22 .C28513 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold