{"product_id":"the-greek-imaginary-from-homer-to-heraclitus-seminars-1982-1983-9781474475327","title":"The Greek Imaginary: From Homer to Heraclitus, Seminars 1982-1983","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book collects 12 previously untranslated lectures by Castoriadis from 1982 to 1983. Castoriadis focuses on the interconnection between philosophy and democracy and the way both emerge within a self-critical imaginary already in development in the work of early Greek poets and Presocratic philosophers.\u003cbr\u003eDisplaying both mastery of the relevant scholarship and original interpretation, he reveals the birth of a society that would place its highest value in calling itself and its institutions into question. He argues that this spirit would develop directly into the twin signatures of the Greek world, namely radical philosophy, on the one hand, and radical democratic practices, on the other. \u003cbr\u003eLike no previous interpreter, Castoriadis allows us to feel the existential need, already present in the earliest Greek thinkers, to question the significance of human existence and to share in shaping its meaning. The Greeks not only did this, he argues, they also began the equally important work of establishing the institutions to support such a project.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997) was a Greek-French philosopher and author of a large corpus on the topics of ontology, politics, psychoanalysis, and several other fields. Immigrating to France after World War II, he co-founded the political group \u003ci\u003eSocialisme ou Barbarie\u003c\/i\u003e (1948-1967), worked in economics, practiced as a psychoanalyst, and eventually served from 1980-1995 as director of studies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (\u003ci\u003eEHESS\u003c\/i\u003e) in Paris. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Garner is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of West Georgia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Emerging Good in Plato's Philebus\u003c\/i\u003e (Northwestern University Press, 2017). Has also translated \u003ci\u003eDemocracy and Relativism: A Debate\u003c\/i\u003e by Cornelius Castoriadis (Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield, 2019) and co-translated \u003ci\u003ePostscript on Insignificance: Dialogues with Cornelius Castoriadis\u003c\/i\u003e (Continuum, 2011). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaría-Constanza Garrido Sierralta is a PhD student in Philosophy at the University of New Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50454006726930,"sku":"9781474475327","price":100.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_90db098a-85f1-4b0a-a422-9826208069b0.jpg?v=1729860408","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-greek-imaginary-from-homer-to-heraclitus-seminars-1982-1983-9781474475327","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}