Description: This volume offers an accessible intellectual dialogue on the very nature of critical thought and on its social and political translations. Castoriadis is pushed to address challenges raised by decolonial thought, by critiques of ethnocentrism, and broadly by the international...
Brief description: John V. Garner is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of West Georgia, USA. His recent publications include The Emerging Good in Plato's Philebus (2017).
Review Quotes: "One can always learn more about a philosophical position from a spontaneous dialogue, unfinished debate or a piecemeal interview than from a finalized treatise. The publication of Castoriadis' discussion with the MAUSS group in 1994 is very timely, since it touches on topics keenly relevant to our current political situation, such as direct democracy, self-critique, and autonomy." --Dmitri Nikulin, Professor of Philosophy, New School for Social Research