A Construção da Autonomia Social e Psíquica no Pensamento de Cornelius Castoriadis / The construction of social and psychological autonomy in the tought of Cornelius Castoriadis

RESUMO

O artigo aborda a idéia de autonomia proposta pelo filósofo e psicanalista Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997), segundo a qual a suposição do inconsciente, com o conseqüente descentramento do sujeito e desmistificação do sujeito consciente de si, é plenamente compatível com, e mesmo condição para, a construção de uma subjetividade autônoma. A existência do inconsciente e a busca de autonomia não seriam pressupostos excludentes, opostos ou incompatíveis e sim complementares

ABSTRACT

The paper approaches the conception of “autonomy”, such as it was proposed by the philosopher and psychoanalyst Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997). According to this author, the concept of unconscious (that leads to the decentralization and demythification of the all-conscious subject) is plainly compatible with the constructionof an autonomous subjectivity, being even its condition. Contrariously to those who criticizes the concept of autonomy, Castoriadis maintains that the existence of the unconscious and the search for autonomy are not excluding nor opposite nor incompatible. Instead, they are complementary to each other