Chantal mouffe is professor of political theory and director of the centre for. The concept of hegemony is central throughout your work. Her highest cited publication is hegemony and socialist strategy. She holds a professorship at the university of westminster in the united kingdom.
Chantal mouffe s writings have been innovatory with respect to democratic theory, marxism and feminism. Chantal mouffe post marxism without apologies why should we rethink the socialist project today. In her first major publication, the edited volume gramsci and marxist theory. Bringing hegemony, agonism and the political into journalism and media studies. State, transition and passive revolution christine buciglucksmann 7. Gramscis general theory of marxism leonardo paggi 5. She is best known for her contribution to the developmentjointly with ernesto laclau, with whom she coauthored hegemony and socialist strategyof the socalled essex school of discourse analysis, a type of postmarxist political inquiry drawing on gramsci, poststructuralism and theories of identity, and redefining leftist politics in terms of radical democracy. Politics of ernesto laclau and chantal mouffe university of. Hegemony and socialist strategy is a 1985 work of political theory in the post marxist tradition by ernesto laclau and chantal mouffe. Hegemony and the theoretical perspective from which it was written. Laclau and mouffe made their name with the publication of hegemony and socialist strategy. She is the editor of gramsci and marxist theory london, 1979. Her work derives from, and has always been engaged with, contemporary political events and intellectual debates. As participating actors in the history of our time, if we are actually to assume an interventionist role and not to do so blindly, we must attempt to wrest as much light as possible.
I h s chantal mouffe deliberative democracy or agonistic pluralism 3 it is worth stressing that, while critical of a certain type of modusvivendi liberalism, most of the advocates of deliberative democracy are not antiliberals. Her research interests are in feminism, african american studies, critical theory, marxism, popular music, social consciousness, and the philosophy and history of. Towards a radical democratic politics in 1985 second edition published in 2001, although many thought, and still believe, that there was little in the book to merit. Hegemony and ideology in gramsci chantal mouffe part 3. Postmarxism is a trend in political philosophy and social theory which deconstructs karl marxs writings and marxism proper, bypassing orthodox marxism. Hegemony, democracy, agonism and journalism lse research. Towards a radical democratic politics she is also the.
In hegemony and socialist strategy we pointed out some of the reasons. She was educated at the universities of louvain, paris. We shall first consider his critique of our theoretical approach and then move on to his points concerning the history of marxism and the political. We should refer here to chantal mouffe 2005 and to her insistence on the return. Marxism think themselves indebted to gramscis work, particularly to his considerations on hegemony. She is best known as coauthor of hegemony and socialist strategy with ernesto laclau. View ernesto laclau and chantal mouffe research papers on academia. Laclaus empty signifier this trilogy is a small summary of a brief discussion ive been having with lasse thomassen researcher, writer and lecturer of all things connected with derridean theory.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Hegemony and the radicalisation of democracy an interview with chantal mouffe by thomas decreus leuven and matthias lievens leuven 1. Abstract ernesto laclau and chantal mouffe have attempted to save. This sense of conflict informs both the methodological and substantive propositions she offers. The term postmarxism first appeared in ernesto laclau and chantal mouffes.
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