On Populist Reason - Softcover

Laclau, Ernesto

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844671860 ISBN 13: 9781844671861

Verlag: Verso Books, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

This is a tour de force analysis of the forces that drive populism by the renowned political theorist. In this highly original work, Ernesto Laclau continues the philosophical and political exploration initiated in Hegemony and Socialist Strategy. Here, he focuses on the construction of popular identities and how 'the people' emerges as a collective actor., Skilfully combining theoretical analysis with a myriad of empirical references from numerous historical and geographical contexts, he offers a critical reading of the existing literature on populism, demonstrating its dependency on the theorists of 'mass psychology' such as Taine and Freud. He, then focuses on the construction of popular identities and how 'the people' emerges as a collective actor with a political and social force, demonstrating the relation of populism to democracy and to the logic of representation and differentiating his approach from the work of Zizek, Hardt and Negri and Ranciere. This book is essential reading for all those interested in the question of political identities in present-day societies.

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"A brilliant tour de force of scholarship and argument." - Marxism Today"

Biografía del autor:

Ernesto Laclau is Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Government, University of Essex, and in the Department of Comparative Literature, State University of New York Buffalo. He is the author, among other works, of Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (co-authored with Chantal Mouffe) and New Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Verso Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1844671860
• ISBN 13: 9781844671861
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 276