Introdução ao pensamento político de cornelius castoriadis e sua aplicabilidade na compreensão da democracia

Abstract

The intellectual production of Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek philosopher died at the very end of 1997, laid the groundwork of studying the role the imaginary in structuring society and the concept of autonomy. In Castoriadis´ problematic, History is an imaginary creation, so is Democracy. The individual autonomy is the ability that the individual take a direct part in the formation and implementation of the social law which condition his activity. This presupposes a social organization based on direct democracy and not on representative democracy, in fact a liberal oligarchy, just called democracy. The fundamental condition for autonomy is the ability to question traditions, something excluded in social organization based in given truths and closed systems of idea. The applicability of the Castoriadis´ political theories promotes an approach of jurisprudence dogma to political discourse, which is an important contribution for the Law function understood as a social-historical phenomenon, from modernity to the present.