Castoriadis and Autonomy in the Twenty-first Century

Nikos Ioannou is an author whose research centers around the social-historical movements of the 21st century. He is co-author of The end of National Politics (2016) with Alexandros Schismenos. Alexandros Schismenos is a researcher working on social-historical phenomena of the 21st century. He is co-author of The end of National Politics (2016) with Nikos Ioannou. Chris Spannos is a journalist and Digital Editor and Co-Director of New Internationalist magazine.

Editor’s note – Autonomy in the Anglosphere (By Chris Spannos)

Preface – Cornelius Castoriadis: A Brief Biography

Introduction – After Castoriadis

Chapter 1. Past – Time and Freedom (By Alexandros Schismenos)
1.1. The Social-Historical Aspects of Time
1.2. Birth and Death, Limits of Temporal Existence
1.3. The De-Mystification of Sisyphus: Freedom and Time

Chapter 2. Present – Politics and Crisis (By Alexandros Schismenos)
2.1. The Invasion of History in Social Time
2.2. The Invisible Subject
2.3. Power, Authority and Freedom
2.4. The Ontological Revolution: On the Phenomenology of the Internet

Chapter 3. Future – Autonomy, Direct Democracy and Limited Economy (By Nikos Ioannou)
3.1. The Collapse of the Old and the Emergence of New Significations
3.2. New Forms of Social Networking and Local Autonomy

Conclusion

Bibliography
Index