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Cornelius Castoriadis Author

Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997) was a Greek-French philosopher, economist and psychoanalyst. He taught at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris and is best known for The Imaginary Institution of Society (trans. Kathleen Blamey, MIT Press, 1998). His work has had a profound influence on many contemporary European thinkers, including Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou and Jacques Ranciere. John V. Garner is a PhD candidate in philosophy at Villanova University, USA. Gabriel Rockhill is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University, USA. He also teaches at the Centre Parisien d'Etudes Critiques and the College International de Philosophie, France. He publications include Jacques Ranciere: Politics, Art, History (Duke UP, 2009).