Freedom After the Critique of Foundations [electronic resource] : Marx, Liberalism, Castoriadis and Agonistic Autonomy /
Kioupkiolis, A.author.
An exploration of the contemporary re-conception of freedom after the critique of objective truths and ideas of an unchanging human nature, in which modern self-determination was grounded. This book focuses on the radical theorist Cornelius Castoriadis and the new paradigm of 'agonistic autonomy' is contrasted with Marxian and liberal approaches.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Marx on a tightrope. the essence of freedom and the movement of becoming -- Kantian transcendence and beyond -- Knowledge and practice in trouble. a reasonable way out of ontological traps -- Liberal detours and their mishaps: negative liberty, I. Berlin, and J.S. Mill -- Agonic subjectivity and the stirrings of the new -- The social, the imaginary, and the real -- Freedom, agonism, and creative praxis -- Post-critical liberalism and agonistic freedom -- Post-foundational reason and sustainable affirmation -- Conclusion: past agonies and present openings of freedom.
An exploration of the contemporary re-conception of freedom after the critique of objective truths and ideas of an unchanging human nature, in which modern self-determination was grounded. This book focuses on the radical theorist Cornelius Castoriadis and the new paradigm of 'agonistic autonomy' is contrasted with Marxian and liberal approaches.
Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.
Castoriadis, Cornelius, 1922-1997.
World politics.
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Political science.
Democracy.
Political History.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Political Science.
Democracy.