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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969910203321

Autore

Smith Anna Marie

Titolo

Laclau and Mouffe : the radical democratic imaginary / / Anna Marie Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-134-85564-8

1-134-85565-6

1-282-77728-9

9786612777288

0-203-00671-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 236 p

Disciplina

321.8/01

Soggetti

Democracy

Radicalism

Political science - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Retrieving democracy : the radical democratic imaginary -- 2. Essentialism, non-essentialism and democratic leadership : from Lenin to Gramsci -- 3. Subject positions, articulation and the subversion of essentialism -- 4. Self-determination, community and citizenship -- 5. Power and hegemony.

Sommario/riassunto

Laclau and Mouffe: The Radical Democratic Imaginary is the first full-length overview of the important work of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. Anna Marie Smith clearly shows how Laclau and Mouffe's work has brought Gramscian, poststructuralist and psychoanalytic perspectives to revitalize traditional political theory. With clarity and insight, she shows how they have constructed a highly effective theory of identity formation and power relations that carefully draws from the criticism of political theory from postmodern anti-foundationalist political theory.