- Born
- Kornilios Kastoriadis , ( 1922-03-11 ) 11 March 1922, Constantinople , Ottoman Empire (present-day Istanbul, Turkey)
- Died
- 26 December 1997 (1997-12-26) (aged 75), Paris, France
- Other name
- List Corneille Castoriadis "Pierre Chaulieu" "Paul Cardan" "Jean Delvaux" "Marc Noiraud" "Jean-Marc Coudray"
- Citizenship
- French (from 1970)
- Occupations
- Philosopher , sociologist , social critic , economist , psychoanalyst , activist , editor
- Political party
- List OKNE (1937–1941) KKE (1941–1942) KDKE (1942–1948) PCI – Chaulieu–Montal Tendency (1946–1948) Socialisme ou Barbarie (1949–1966)
- Spouses
- Catherine May ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1960 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1963 ) Piera Aulagnier ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1978 ) Zoé Christofidi ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1978 )
- Education
- 8th Gymnasium of Athens, ( Apol. , 1937) , University of Athens , ( B.A. , 1942) , University of Paris , ( Dr. cand. , 1946–1948) , University of Paris X , ( DrE , 1980)
- Doctoral advisor
- Paul Ricœur
- Other advisor
- René Poirier
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Continental philosophy Revolutionary socialism Western Marxism / post-Marxism (early) French libertarian socialism ( later ) Other schools Post-phenomenology Post-Lacanianism Civic republicanism Philosophy of praxis
- Institutions
- EHESS , (1979–1995)
- Main interests
- Political philosophy democratic theory psychoanalysis economics Sovietology social criticism ecology philosophy of science philosophy of history ontology epistemology aesthetics
- Notable works
- List The Imaginary Institution of Society (1975) Crossroads in the Labyrinth (1978–1999, 6 vols.)