Thinking antagonism : political ontology after Laclau / Oliver Marchart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marchart, Oliver, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Laclau, Ernesto, 1935-2014.

Laclau, Ernesto.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Ontology.

War (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

vii, 258 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press [2018]

Summary:

Oliver Marchart tracks the development of antagonism from German Idealism via Marx to Laclau, and demonstrates the significant contribution of Laclau's political ontology to current debates in political philosophy, rhetorics, human geography, cultural studies, communication studies, social theory and art theory.

Contents:

1. 'What's Going on with Being?': Laclau and the Return of Political Ontology

pt. I Thinking the Political

2. Marx on the Beach: An Intellectual History of Antagonism

3. Beyond the 'War Hypothesis': Polemology in Foucault, Stiegler and Loraux

pt. II Thinking Politics

4. Restless Nature of the Social: On the Micro-Conflictuality of Everyday Life

5. Politics and the Popular: Protest and Culture in Laclau's Theory of Populism

6. On Minimal Politics: Conditions of Acting Politically

pt. III Politicising Thought

7. Final Name of Being: Thinking as Reflective Intervention

8. Being as Acting: The Primacy of Politics and the Politics of Thought.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Marchart, Oliver. Thinking antagonism.

ISBN:

9781474413305

1474413307

9781474413312

1474413315

OCLC:

1032716060