Greek Imaginary

Cornelius 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 Socialisme ou Barbarie (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 (EHESS) in Paris. John Garner is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of West Georgia. He is the author of The Emerging Good in Plato’s Philebus (Northwestern University Press, 2017). Has also translated Democracy and Relativism: A Debate by Cornelius Castoriadis (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019) and co-translated Postscript on Insignificance: Dialogues with Cornelius Castoriadis (Continuum, 2011). María-Constanza Garrido Sierralta is a PhD student in Philosophy at the University of New Mexico

As with any philosophical piece, the translation of philosophical thought is a difficult endeavor. This translation seems to be complete; nothing having been omitted from the content of the original book. The terms used are accurate, and depict the true meaning of the original work, meaning there is consistency in the terminology, while the readability of the chapters remains intact, and the reader’s experience in reading the piece can be considered to have a natural flow, similar to the experience of a reader of the original piece.

• Foreword to the English Translation by John V. Garner (2022)Editors’ Introduction by Enrique Escobar, Myrto Gondicas, and Pascal Vernay (2004); translated by María-Constanza Garrido SierraltaSeminars 1982-1983 by Cornelius Castoriadis, translated by John V. GarnerI. Seminar from November 10, 1982 II. Seminar from November 17, 1982III. Seminar from November 24, 1982IV. Seminar from December 1, 1982V. Seminar from December 15, 1982VI. Seminar from January 5, 1983VII. Seminar from January 12, 1983VIII. Seminar from January 26, 1983IX. Seminar from February 2, 1983 (lost)X. Seminar from February 16, 1983XI. Seminar from February 23, 1983XII. Seminar from March 2, 1983XIII. Seminar from March 9, 1983Supplemental Materials (1979-1999) translated by María-Constanza Garrido SierraltaAppendix A: Reports on Teaching by Cornelius Castoriadis (1980-82 and 1982-84)Appendix B: Political Thinking by Cornelius Castoriadis (1979)Appendix C: Castoriadis and Ancient Greece by Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1999)Index of Key Terms