Laclau: A Critical Reader

ISBN-13: 9780415238441 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 368 str.

Simon Critchley; Oliver Marchart

Opis

Laclau: A Critical Reader is the first full-length critical appraisal of Laclau's work and includes contributions from several leading philosophers and theorists. The first section examines Laclau's theory that the contest between universalism and particularism provides much of the philosophical background to political and social struggle, taking up the important place accorded to, amongst others, Hegel and Lacan in Laclau's work. The second section of the book considers what Laclau's 'radical democracy' might look like and reflects on its ethical implications, particularly in relation to Laclau's post-Marxism and thinkers such as Jurgen Habermas. The final section investigates the place of hegemony in Laclau's work, the idea for which he is perhaps best-known.
This stimulating collection also includes replies to his critics by Laclau and the important exchange between Laclau and Judith Butler on equality, making it an excellent companion to Laclau's work and essential reading for students of political and social theory."

Recenzje

' ... is exemplary in its attempt to do justice to the rich and complicated thought of its subject.' - Times Literary Supplement

'After the editor's superb introduction that sets the general implication of Laclau's work, a collection of snappy and well-written articles deal with Laclau's novel conceptualisation of hegemony and its implications ... the text is so well edited that it is quite difficult to find any problem with it.' - Political Studies Review

Spis treści

Introduction  Section 1: Philosophy: Universality, Singularity, Difference Rodolphe Gasché  How Empty Can Empty Be?  On the Place of the Universal Fred Dallmayr  Laclau and Hegemony: Some (Post) Hegelian Caveats Oliver Marchart  Politics and the Ontological Difference: On the "Strictly Philosophical" in Laclau's Work Rado Riha Politics as the Real of Philosophy Linda Zerilli This Universalism Which Is Not One Section 2: Democracy: Politics, Ethics, Normativity Simon Critchley  Is there a Normative Deficit in the Theory of Hegemony? Mark Devenney  Ethics and Politics in Discourse Theory Aletta Norval  Democratic Decisions and the Question of Universality: Rethinking Recent Approaches William E. Connolly  The Ethos of Democratization Jelica Sumic  Anarchism of Emancipation or Fidelity to Politics Section 3: Hegemony: Discourse, Rhetorics, Antagonism Jason Glynos and Yannis Stavrakakis  Encounters of the Real Kind: Sussing Out the Limits of Laclau's Embrace of Lacan J. Hillis Miller  "Taking Up a Task": Moments of Decision in Ernesto Laclau's Thought Urs Stäheli  Competing Figures of the Limit: Dispersion, Transgression, Antagonism and Indifference Torben Dyrberg  The Political and Politics in Discourse Analysis David Howarth  Hegemony, Political Subjectivity and Radical Democracy Ernesto Laclau  Glimpsing the Future  A Reply Appendix 1: Ernesto Laclau and Judith Butler  The Uses of Equality  Appendix 2: Bibliography of Ernesto Laclau's Work

O autorze

Simon Critchley is Professor of Philosophy in the Graduate Faculty, New School University and at the University of Essex. He is the author and editor of many books.
Oliver Marchart is a lecturer in Cultural and Media Theory at the University of Basel and in Political Theory at the University of Vienna.