Democracy
& Nature, Vol. 9, No. 2
Plato
and Castoriadis:
the concealment and the uneiling of democracy
Yorgos
Oikonomou
Abstract:
In
the first part of the paper Castoriadis'
critical analysis of Plato's Statesman is
discussed and the main points of this critique, chiefly the concealment of
politics and democracy are presented.
The second part (which is followed by a short comparison of the projects
of autonomy and Inclusive Democracy) briefly deals with Castoriadis’ critique
of contemporary political practice and theory,
and depicts the unravelling of politics and of democracy--
views which are particularly significant for us today.
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