About Cornelius Castoriadis
Cornelius Castoriadis (Greek: Κορνήλιος Καστοριάδης; 11 March 1922 – 26 December 1997) was a Greek-French philosopher, sociologist, social critic, economist, psychoanalyst, author of The Imaginary Institution of Society, and co-founder of the Socialisme ou Barbarie collective. His writings on autonomy and social institutions have been influential in both academic and activist circles. Castoriadis regarded the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 as the first genuine uprising against bureaucratic regimes. Castoriadis began to practice analysis in 1973 after he had undergone analysis in the 1960s, first with Irène Roubleff (EFP) and then later with Michel Renard (SFP). In 1980, he was also awarded his State doctorate from the University of Paris X: Nanterre; the final title of his thesis under Paul Ricœur was L'Élément imaginaire de l'histoire (The Imaginary Element in History). When Jacques Lacan's disputes with the International Psychoanalytical Association led to a split and the formation of the École Freudienne de Paris (EFP) in 1964, Castoriadis became a member (as a non-practitioner).
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