5. The social imaginary: reflection with cornelius castoriadis

Abstract

This article presents a reflection about the
philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis`s elucidation
on his perspective about the individual and
society from the imaginary point of view.
Since, from the hermeneusisas a mental
procedure and the elucidation as an analysis
technique, there are shown a group of ideas
which allows the interpretation and the
comprehension of the close relation between
the imaginary and the social praxis that the
individuals develop through their actions. The
imaginary of a human group deals with a
fiction lived by himself and not with an ideal
space, of a mere fiction or a mental
environment created by an official speech. To
come up to this conclusion, it is first taken into
account the empiria,as a world constructing
way by means of the social beings and the
western traditional theories are in judgment in
relation to the societies studies.