Freedom after the critique of foundations: Marx, liberalism, Castoriadis and agonistic autonomy

Freedom After the Critique of Foundations. engages with the work of the Greek-French thinker Cornelius Castoriadis, a founding member of the .Socialisme ouBarbarie. group whose ideas inspired the French May '68, in order to formulate an account of .agonistic autonomy for individuals and societies. This is a critical conception of freedom which informs a broad spectrum of contemporary political thought and practice, ranging from theories of agonistic democracy and Foucault's ethic of 'care for the self' to the liberal pluralism of Joseph Raz, post-anarchist thought and contemporary movements for global justice and 'real democracy'. The discussion shows how agonistic autonomy brings together imagination, radical reflection, self-creation, pluralism and an ongoing struggle against closed identities in order to challenge and enhance Marxian and liberal ideas of freedom. The book tackles the problem of relativism and addresses a wider range of ontological, ethical and political questions raised by an agonistic outlook which dismisses objective foundations in science, history andmorality. INDICE: 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 ofthe New.The Social, the Imaginary and the Real.Freedom, Agonism and Creative Praxis.Post-critical Liberalism and Agonistic Freedom.Post-foundational Reasonand Sustainable Affirmation.Contents: Past Agonies and Present Openings of Freedom.Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-230-27912-4
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 26/07/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido