Rethinking Cornelius Castoriadis’s Crisis of Autonomy and Imagination: A Critical Engagement with Augusto Boal and Chela Sandoval
Theory, Culture & Society: Explorations in Critical Social Science
Published online on February 09, 2026
Abstract
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This article examines Castoriadis’s diagnosis of a crisis of autonomy and imagination, which suggests a collapse in the ability to conceive profound social transformations. While he attributes the crisis of imagination to a decline in the will for ...
This article examines Castoriadis’s diagnosis of a crisis of autonomy and imagination, which suggests a collapse in the ability to conceive profound social transformations. While he attributes the crisis of imagination to a decline in the will for ...