Cornelius Castoriadis
On the Content of Socialism, 1 - Socialisme Ou Barbarie
On the Content of Socialism, Part One.
From the Critique of Bureaucracy to the Idea of the Proletariat's Autonomy
From Class Against Class
On the Content of Socialism, Part One.
From the Critique of Bureaucracy to the Idea of the Proletariat's Autonomy
Modern capitalism and revolution - Paul Cardan
Paul Cardan (Cornelius Castoriadis) attempts to describe and analyse the features and dynamics of the fully-industrialised capitalist societies of the early 1960s.
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On the Content of Socialism III - Socialisme Ou Barbarie
French libertarian socialist group Socialisme Ou Barbarie's third part of the Content of Socialism: The workers' struggle against the organization of the capitalist enterprise.
We have tried to show[1] that socialism is nothing other than people's conscious self-organization of their own lives in all domains; that it signifies, therefore, the management of production by the producers themselves on the scale of the workplace as well as on that of the economy as a whole; that it implies the abolition of every ruling apparatus separated from society; that it has to bring ab
On the Content of Socialism II - Socialisme Ou Barbarie
Very detailed article by French libertarian socialist group Socialisme Ou Barbarie on "the development of modern society and what has happened to the working-class movement over the last 100 years" and how they "have compelled us to make a radical revision of the ideas on which that movement has been based."
Castoriadis, Cornelius, 1922-1997 - John Barker
An obituary and overview of the work of Cornelius Castoriadis, whose early theoretical writings had a strong influence on the UK Solidarity group, among others.
John Barker is an ex-member of Solidarity and the Angry Brigade.
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Cornelius Castoriadis
1922-1997
(By John Barker)
Introduction to Cornelius Castoriadis/Paul Cardan
Cornelius Castoriadis, 1922-1997
aka Paul Cardan [English-language writing pseudonym]
Castoriadis was born in Turkey, later moving to Greece and then France. In 1948 he broke with Trotskyism and joined others in forming Socialisme ou Barbarie.
Groups: Socialisme ou Barbarie
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The Working Class and Organisation
The Working Class & Organisation (A)
by Cornelius Castoriadis, 1959
From the Analysis of Bureaucracy to Workers Management - Castoriadis
From the Analysis of Bureaucracy to Workers Management
Cornelius Castoriadis
How does one characterize such a regime from a Marxist point of veiw? Sociologically speaking it was clear that it should be defined in the same way as the Russian regime. And it is here that the weakness and the absurdity of the trotskyist conception became evident.
Castoriadis, Cornelius, 1922-1997
A short account of the life and politics of Greek libertarian socialist Cornelius Castoriadis.
Cornelius Castoriadis was born Kornelios Kastoriades in Istanbul to a Greek family. Growing up in Athens he joined the Young Communists in 1937 and the Communist Party in 1941.
