Concealed Chora in the Thought of Cornelius Castoriadis: A Bastard Comment on Trans-Regional Creation

• Main Author: Sean McMorrow
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cosmos and History Publishing Co-op. 2012-11-01
• Series: Cosmos and History : the Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy
• Subjects: Castoriadis; Chora; Trans-regional Ontology; Radical Instituting Imaginary
• Online Access: http://www.cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/277/511

The chora has proven to be an obscure concept in contemporary philosophy. Cornelius Castoriadis seemed to retreat from the edge of its significance within his work, a significance that is capable of opening up another turn in the labyrinth of his thought. A clear interrogation into the presence of the chora in his thought has, still, yet to be elucidated. This paper proceeds with a notion of the chora defined for the purpose of highlighting its relevance for Castoriadis’thought, taking up his schema trans-regional ontology and imaginary creation, which lean on the anticipation of a self-altering otherness. Locating the chora in Castoriadis’ trans-regionalarchitectonics of being.