Hegemony and socialist strategy : towards a radical democratic politics / Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laclau, Ernesto, 1935-2014.

Contributor:

Mouffe, Chantal.

EBSCOhost.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialism--Philosophy.

Socialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 198 pages.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2001.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Since its original publication fifteen years ago, this hugely influential book has been at the centre of much debate. The arguments and controversies it has aroused are, furthermore, far from abating: the disintegration of the Soviet bloc, the emergence of new social and political identities linked to the transformation of late capitalism, and the crisis of a left-wing project whose essentialist underpinnings have increasingly come under fire have, if anything, made more relevant than ever the theoretical perspective that the book proposes. Moreover the political project of 'radical and plural democracy' that it advocates provides a much-needed antidote to the attempts to formulate a Third Way capable of overcoming the classical opposition between Left and Right.

Updated with a new preface, this is a fundamental text for understanding the workings of hegemony and grasping the nature of contemporary social struggles and their significance for democratic theory.

Contents:

Hegemony : the genealogy of a concept

Hegemony : the difficult emergence of a new political logic

Beyond the positivity of the social : antagonisms and hegemony

Hegemony and radical democracy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Laclau, Ernesto. Hegemony and socialist strategy.

ISBN:

9781781682081

1781682089

Publisher Number:

99980890257

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.