New Theories Of Discourse Laclau Mouffe And Zizek

Author : Jacob Torfing
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631195573
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Theories of Discourse written by Jacob Torfing and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1999-02-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive and accessible account of the new theories of discourse developed by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, while in particular drawing on central insights provided by Slavoj Zizek. The book accounts for intellectual development of the discourse theory of Laclau and Mouffe from a Gramsci-inspired critique of structural Marxism over a neo-Gramscian theory of discourse to a new type of postmodern theorizing of great relevance for social, cultural and political theory. The central concepts of discourse, hegemony and social antagonism are carefully explained and discussed and the theoretical framework is applied both on a variety of theoretical problems and in a sample of empirical studies. The book concludes with a discussion of the implications of discourse theory for our political understanding of democracy, citizenship and ethics. New Theories of Discourse is written out of the basic conviction that postmodernity provides a great challenge to social, cultural and political theory and makes thinkable a whole range of new political projects of which the development of a radical plural democracy is one of the most promising and exciting.

Author : Geoff Boucher
Publisher : re.press
ISBN 13 : 0980666597
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Charmed Circle of Ideology written by Geoff Boucher and published by re.press. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the collapse of social theory into a theory of ideological discourse, Geoff Boucher sets to work a rigorous mapping of the contemporary field, targeting the relativist implications of this new form of philosophical idealism. Offering a detailed and immanent critique, Boucher concentrates his critical attention on the 'postmarxism' of Laclau and Mouffe, Butler and Žižek. In response Boucher points to 'intersubjectivity' as an exit from postmarxist theory's charmed circle of ideology.

Author : Anna Marie Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134855648
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Laclau and Mouffe written by Anna Marie Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Rass Holdgaard
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 904112604X
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book External Relations Law of the European Community written by Rass Holdgaard and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: External Relations Law of the European Community begins by noting two common characteristics of legal analyses in the field of EU external relations. First, most legal analyses assume that EC external relations law cannot be studied or applied without a constant awareness of the underlying political dynamics. Yet, the same analyses fail to explain how these 'dynamics' are to be understood, assessed and systematically applied. This pragmatic outlook reduces the importance and value of a self-reflective, rational and coherent legal language. Second, most legal analyses tend to focus only on n.

Author : Ernesto Laclau
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1781681546
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hegemony And Socialist Strategy written by Ernesto Laclau and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this hugely influential book, Laclau and Mouffe examine the workings of hegemony and contemporary social struggles, and their significance for democratic theory. With the emergence of new social and political identities, and the frequent attacks on Left theory for its essentialist underpinnings, Hegemony and Socialist Strategy remains as relevant as ever, positing a much-needed antidote against ‘Third Way’ attempts to overcome the antagonism between Left and Right.

Author : Judith Butler
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1844676684
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contingency, Hegemony, Universality written by Judith Butler and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the contemporary legacy of Gramsci’s notion of Hegemony? How can universality be reformulated now that its spurious versions have been so thoroughly criticized? In this ground-breaking project, Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau and Slavoj Žižek engage in a dialogue on central questions of contemporary philosophy and politics. Their essays, organized as separate contributions that respond to one another, range over the Hegelian legacy in contemporary critical theory, the theoretical dilemmas of multiculturalism, the universalism-versus-particularism debate, the strategies of the Left in a globalized economy, and the relative merits of post-structuralism and Lacanian psychoanalysis for a critical social theory. While the rigor and intelligence with which these writers approach their work is formidable, Contingency, Hegemony, Universality benefits additionally from their clear sense of energy and enjoyment in a revealing and often unpredictable exchange.

Author : David R. Howarth
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719056642
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discourse Theory and Political Analysis written by David R. Howarth and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2000-11-18 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can recent developments in post-structuralist, post-Marxist, and psychoanalytical theory actually inform ongoing empirical research? What are the appropriate methods and research strategies for conducting research in discourse theory and analysis? How can concepts such as hegemony, identity, the imaginary, dislocation, and empty signifiers illuminate key aspects of contemporary society and politics? This pathbreaking and multi-focal book contains a clear introductory statement of the theoretical approach used, and concludes with an assessment of the future directions of discourse theory in the social sciences.

Author : Stuart Sim
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134601697
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Post-Marxism written by Stuart Sim and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the crystallisation of post-Marxism as a specific theoretical position in its own right and considers the role played in its development by post-structuralism, postmodernism and second-wave feminism. It examines the history of dissenting tendencies within the Marxist tradition and considers what the future prospects of post-Marxism are likely to be.

Author : Alejandro Groppo
Publisher : Eduvim
ISBN 13 : 9871518188
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Two Princes: Juan D. Perón and Getulio Vargas written by Alejandro Groppo and published by Eduvim. This book was released on 2010 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph Bedford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350263079
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How is Architecture Political? written by Joseph Bedford and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chantal Mouffe has transformed the contemporary understanding of politics through her re-reading of political theory inspired by anti-foundationalist philosophy-based on Saussure's linguistics, Freud's psychoanalysis and Derrida's deconstruction. Her writings have challenged the centrist, post-political ideology of the 1990s and presciently diagnosed the emergence of right-wing populism seen today with Trump and Brexit. For Mouffe, such populism is the result of the failed centrist conception of politics reduced to technical management. She has called for a “return to politics” on the view that social antagonisms cannot be reconciled but must be channeled into an agonistic form of institutionally stabilized struggle. This book brings Chantal Mouffe's agonistic model of politics into direct dialogue with architecture and inquiries into the role that architecture plays constructing the political order of society, either by concealing or revealing its antagonisms and ideological conflicts. In doing so, it asks in what ways architecture operates politically; whether institutionally, in terms of its spaces and its part in forming cities, or as an aesthetic object with mediatic agency. Through this detailed exchange between Mouffe and four of the world's leading architectural thinkers; Reinhold Martin, Ines Weisman, Pier Vittorio Aureli and Sarah Whiting, a debate unfolds within the book that tests the implications of Mouffe's agonistic model of politics for architectural practice today. Through this, Bedford explores how architectural history, architectural drawing, the making of spectacular monuments, the design and policies behind housing, and the making of public and private space, all potentially contribute to the formulation of the channeling of social conflict into an agonistic form.