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The imaginary term in readings about modernity: Taylor and Castoriadis’ conceptions
Author(s) -
Marcela Tovar
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
revista de estudios sociales
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.196
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1900-5180
pISSN - 0123-885X
DOI - 10.7440/res9.2001.03
Subject(s) - modernity , feudalism , capitalism , consciousness , transformational leadership , phenomenon , the imaginary , term (time) , epistemology , sociology , philosophy , psychoanalysis , political science , social psychology , law , psychology , physics , quantum mechanics , politics
Many different theoretical positions have been taken on the phenomenon of modernity, attempting to explain this complex epochal consciousness that builds its bases on the future by opposing antiquity, and which has brought about transformational processes from the dissolution of feudalism to the emergence of capitalism in the West. Among these diverse social and philosophical theoretical proposals for understanding modernity, and more precisely for understanding the issue of “wha...

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