Post-foundationalism and the Possibility of Critique: Comparing Laclau and Mouffe
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Discourse, Culture and Organization: Inquiries into Relational Structures of Power. ed. / Tomas Marttila. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, 2019. p. 323-342.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Post-foundationalism and the Possibility of Critique
T2 - Comparing Laclau and Mouffe
AU - Hildebrand, Marius
AU - Séville, Astrid
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Since their joint publication of Hegemony and Socialist Strategy, Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe are mostly read as contributors to one collaborative theory. However, Mouffe’s and Laclau’s further enhancement of their theoretical structure differ in significant aspects. Laclau hones his political ontology and provocatively pleads for an ethically reluctant position based on a consequent post-foundationalism. On the contrary, Mouffe develops a normative framework for democratic pluralism. Thus, we argue, their work exemplifies variations in post-foundationalist thought and critique. The tension between Mouffe’s and Laclau’s theoretical continuations unveils a deeper lying ethical commitment of political ontology in general.
AB - Since their joint publication of Hegemony and Socialist Strategy, Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe are mostly read as contributors to one collaborative theory. However, Mouffe’s and Laclau’s further enhancement of their theoretical structure differ in significant aspects. Laclau hones his political ontology and provocatively pleads for an ethically reluctant position based on a consequent post-foundationalism. On the contrary, Mouffe develops a normative framework for democratic pluralism. Thus, we argue, their work exemplifies variations in post-foundationalist thought and critique. The tension between Mouffe’s and Laclau’s theoretical continuations unveils a deeper lying ethical commitment of political ontology in general.
KW - Politics
KW - Post-foundationalism
KW - Radical democracy
KW - Ernesto Laclau
KW - Chantal Mouffe
KW - Hegemony theory
KW - Political ontology
UR - https://d-nb.info/1159655693
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-94123-3_14
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-94123-3_14
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-319-94122-6
SP - 323
EP - 342
BT - Discourse, Culture and Organization
A2 - Marttila, Tomas
PB - Springer International Publishing AG
CY - Cham
ER -