Cornelius Castoriadis Agora International Website
CORNELIUS CASTORIADIS:
RETHINKING AUTONOMY
Maison Française, Columbia University
December, 1st - 3rd 2000
Day 1: Friday 1st
Welcome
Opening Remarks (10:15pm)
Zoe Castoriadis
Panel 1 (10:30am-12:30pm): Heterodox Marxism and Castoriadis
Alex Callinicos, "Castoriadis and the Triumph of the Will," Department of Politics, York University
Stephen Hastings-King, "Narrating the Collapse of the Marxist Imaginary," Department of History, University of Pennsylvania
Dick Howard, "Philosophy and Politics in Marx and Castoriadis," Department of Philosophy, State University of New York
Chair and Commentator: Nadia Urbinati, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
Panel 2 (1:30pm-3:30pm): The World in Fragments
Johann Arnason, "Roads beyond Marx: Castoriadis and the Others," Department of Sociology, La Trobe University
Agnes Heller, "Identity Formation as an Imaginary Institution," Department of Philosophy, New School University
Hans Joas, "On Articulation," Department of Sociology, Free University, Berlin
Chair and Commentator: Linda Cardinal, Department of Political Science, University of Ottawa
Film presentation (4:00pm-4:20pm)
Panel 3 (4:30pm-6:30pm): Rethinking Democracy
Jean Cohen, "The Self-Institution of Society and Representative Government: Can we Square the Circle?" Department of Political Science, Columbia University
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, "Individualism and Self-Transcendence," École Polytechnique, CREA, France
Robert Redeker, "Reading Castoriadis: Politicizing Existence," Éditor of Les Temps Modernes
Chair and Commentator: Alastair Davidson, Center for Historical Analysis, Rutgers University
Reception
Day 2: Saturday 2nd
Panel 4 (10:00pm-12:00pm): The Legacy of the Greeks
John Ely, "Better than Kant's Novelties: Autonomy and Participation (Homiomerie) in Castoriadis, Aristotle and Anaxagoras," Writer
Peter Bratsis, "Castoriadis, Kantorowicz, and the Historicity of Political Forms," Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York
Vassilis Lambropoulos, "Tragedy and Autonomy," Department of Comparative Literature, University of Michigan
Chair and Commentator: Steven Bourke, Society of Calabrian Fellows
Panel 5 (1:00pm-3:00pm): Instituting the Political
Andrew Arato, "Constitution and Institution," Department of Sociology, New School University
Andreas Kalyvas, "Castoriadis' Critique of Liberalism," Department of Political Science, Columbia University
Linda Zerilli, "Castoriadis and the Problem of the New," Department of Political Science, Northwestern University
Chair and Commentator: David Ames Curtis, Writer and translator, France
Panel 6 (3:30pm-5:30pm): The Elucidation of the Psyche and the Freudian Legacy
Peter Dews, "'Symbol and Imagination: Castoriadis and Lacan", Department of Philosophy, University of Essex
Joel Whitebook, " Autonomy and The History of the Trance," The Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
Fernando Urribarri, "Beyond Freud: The Radical Imagination and its Vicissitudes," Associación Psicoanalítica Argentina
Chair and Commentator: André Green, Psychoanalytical Society of Paris, France
Roundtable Discussion (6:00pm-8:00pm)
Paul Berman, Writer, United States
Dick Howard, Department of Philosophy, State University of New York
Edgar Morin, Department of Sociology, CETSHA, France
Chair: Seyla Benhabib, Department of Government, Harvard University
Day 3: Sunday 3rd
Panel 7 (10:00am-12:00pm): The Practice of Philosophy
Fabio Ciaramelli, "Creation and Desire," Department of Philosophy, Federico II University of Naples
Francisco Varela, "Autonomy and closure: The resonances of Castoriadis' thought in the life sciences", CNRS and CREA, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
Ernesto Laclau, "Castoriadis between Ontology and Politics," Department of Political Science, University of Essex
Chair and Commentator: Agnes Heller, Department of Philosophy, New School University
Panel 8 (1:00pm-3:00pm): Psychoanalysis and the Project of Autonomy
Stathis Gourgouris, "The Problem of Heteronomous Sublimation," Department of Comparative Literature, Rutgers University
Laurie Naranch, "Psyche, Autonomy and Feminist Criticism," Department of Political Science, Providence College
Yannis Stavrakakis, "Encounters with the Political in Castoriadis and Lacanian Theory: Between dislocation and Institution," Department of Politics, Nottingham University
Chair and Commentator: Donald Moss, Psychoanalyst, NYC
Panel 9 (3:30pm-5:30pm): The Social Imaginary Institution of Society: 25 years after
Warren Breckman, "Hegemony or Autonomy: Castoriadis, Post-Marxism and the Social Imaginary," Department of History, University of Pennsylvania
Christian Delacampagne, "Philosophy and Politics: The Right Distance" Department of French, Tufts University
Diane Pacom, "Castoriadis' Influence on Contemporary Social and Political Theory: Towards a New Critical Sociology of the Social-Historical," Department of Sociology, University of Ottawa
Simon Tormey, "What's left of left Radicalism? Castoriadis and the Politics of Heterodox Marxism," Department of Politics, University of Nottingham
Chair and Commentator: Peter Swan, Department of Law, Carleton University, Ottawa
Reception
Organizational Committee: Steven Bourke, Society of Calabrian Fellows; Andreas Kalyvas, Columbia University; Fernando Urribarri, University of Buenos Aires and Editor of Zona Erógena
Advisory Board: Andrew Arato, New School University; Jean Cohen, Columbia University; Antoine Compagnon, Columbia University; Andreas Huyssen, Columbia University; Stathis Kalyvas, University of Chicago; Ira Katznelson, Columbia University; Gayatri Spivak, Columbia University; Nadia Urbinati, Columbia University; Joel Whitebook, The Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research