With this issue, Thesis Eleven is 40 years old. Who would have thunk? The day John Lennon was murdered, we picked up the boxes in Julian Triado’s Renault 12, news on the radio, axles groaning, us, I suppose, otherwise elated, but also in shock. What were these new times? This issue, guest edited by Vrasidis Karalis, takes us back by our line in the labyrinth to Cornelius Castoriadis, who was always among our keenest supporters.
5.30pm – 7pm Wednesday 20 November at the Greek Centre for Contemporary Culture, 168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. All welcome. Please RSVP via the contact form below. Join Nikos Papastergiadis and Emily Floyd for a discussion on contemporary art and the archive in the wake of the semi-destruction of the Lukács Archívum. On May 24, 2018 the last…
These videos record several papers and the keynote lecture from the 2018 Castoriadis in the Antipodes Symposium. Continuing the tradition into its 11th year, the event celebrated and examined the intellectual contribution of Cornelius Castoriadis. Speakers include Craig Browne (Sydney University), Peter Murphy (La Trobe University), Sean McMorrow (Monash University) and Vrasidas Karalis (University of Sydney. This event was presented by Thesis Eleven Forum for Social and Political Theory and held at the Melbourne Greek Cultural Centre, December 2018.
12th Annual Cornelius Castoriadis in the Antipodes Symposium
The Department of Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sydney and Thesis Eleven Forum for Social and Political Theory are very pleased to announce a call for papers for the 12th Annual Cornelius Castoriadis in the Antipodes Symposium
November 29th, 2019
The University Of Sydney
‘Cornelius Castoriadis and the project of Autonomy in Greco-Western Civilization’
This public lecture concluded a day meeting at the Greek Cultural Centre in Melbourne celebrating and examining the intellectual contribution of Cornelius Castoriadis.
Thesis Eleven Forum for Social and Political Theory is very pleased to present a public lecture with Professor Vrasidas Karalis (University of Sydney) as a part of the 2018 Castoriadis in the Antipodes symposium:
‘Cornelius Castoriadis and the project of Autonomy in Greco-Western Civilization’
Utopia in Chaos Volume 148 Issue 1, October 2018 Articles: (Plebiscitary) leader democracy: The return of an illusion? Alan Scott There is a revival of notions of leader democracy (LD) and plebiscitary leader democracy (PLD) both at the level of politics (e.g. the rhetoric of strong leadership) and in academic debate. This paper focuses largely…
Call for Papers
A day meeting at the Greek Cultural Centre celebrating and examining the intellectual contribution of Cornelius Castoriadis
Wednesday 12th of December 2018
The Thesis Eleven Centre for Cultural Sociology, Department of Social Inquiry, La Trobe University invites you to the 9th annual Castoriadis in the Antipodes Conference. Melbourne, 2016,
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