Ernesto Laclau
Ernesto Laclau is Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Government, University of Essex, and Distinguished Professor for Humanities and Rhetorical Studies at Northwestern University. He is the author of, amongst other works, Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (with Chantal Mouffe), New Reflections of the Revolution of Our Time, The Populist Reason, Contingency, Hegemony, Universality (with Judith Butler and Slavoj Zizek), and Emancipation(s).Blog
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Books
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Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory
Analysis of the role of ideology in political movements. -
Contingency, Hegemony, Universality
The Hegelian legacy, Left strategy, and post-structuralism versus Lacanian psychoanalysis.
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On Populist Reason
Major analysis of the forces that drive populism and their relation to democracy.
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Emancipation(s)
Laclau argues that the changes of the late twentieth century have altered Enlightenment notions of emancipation.
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Hegemony and Socialist Strategy
How is the present crisis of left-wing thought to be understood?
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New Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time
A critical examination of social struggle in the context of late capitalism.
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The Making of Political Identities
Abstract and applied analysis of post-Cold War political groupings.