Cornelius Castoriadis, The Great French Social Philosopher

The More Security We Have, The Less Freedom There Is; More Freedom Means Less Security. You Can Hardly Enough Of Both At The Same Time.

Why Do I Write Books? Why Do I Think? Why Should I Be Passionate? Because Things Could Be Different, They Could Be Made Better.

In The Last Thirty Years We Have Gained Enormous Amount Of Freedom (everywhere, Except Perhaps In Places Like Burma Or North Korea), But We Lost Quite A Large Amount Of Security. Because Of All Sorts Of Reasons, Because Of Globalization Which Stripped The Nation State Of A Large Part Of Its Sovereignty Away, Because Of The Dismantling Of The So-called Welfare State. As A Result, People Feel Simultaneously Much Freer And Much More Insecure.

There Is Less Pressure On Abandoning Native Communities: What For? There Is Nothing To Be Gained By It. On One Hand, There Are Plenty Tempting Opportunities Of Experimenting With Identities - Being One Kind Of Person Today And A Different The Next Day. On The Other Hand, There Is Little Pressure To Include The Ethnic Identity Or Religious Identity Into This Mechanism, Because Now Everybody Is In A Kind Of Diaspora Today.

Cornelius Castoriadis, The Great French Social Philosopher Of Greek Origin, Was Asked Once By An Exasperated Interviewer: "what Do You Want, Mr. Castoriadis - To Change Humanity?" He Answered: "no, God Forbid, I Only Want Humanity To Change Itself, As It Has Done So Many Times In The Past." I Would Be Inclined To Answer The Same Way.