ABSTRACT

I had intended to talk about the shape and direction that has been taken by the American left, the influence that Castoriadis had or should have had…. But as I was listening to this afternoon’s discussion of political questions in Castoriadis, I found myself thinking about the relation between those issues and the quandaries of the American here and now. So I’ve decided to veer off in another direction. Forgive if my thoughts tumble out in a slightly disorderly fashion….