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'''Ernesto Laclau''' is a [[political theory|political theorist]] often described as [[Post-marxism | post-marxist]]. He is a professor at the [[University of Essex]] where he holds a chair in [[political science|Political Theory]] and was for many years director of the doctoral program in [[Ideology]] and [[Critical discourse analysis|Discourse Analysis]].
He has lectured extensively in many universities in [[North America]], [[Latin America]], [[Western Europe]], [[Australia]] and [[South Africa]].
Laclau's most important book is ''[[Hegemony and Socialist Strategy]]'', which he co-authored with [[Chantal Mouffe]]. Their thought is usually described as post-Marxist as they were both politically active in the social and student movements of the [[1960s]] and thus tried to join working class and [[new social movements]]. They rejected [[Marxism|Marxist]] [[economic determinism]] and the notion of [[class struggle]] being the crucial [[antagonism]] in [[society]]. Instead they urged for radical [[democracy]] of [[agonistic pluralism]] where all antagonisms could be expressed. In their opinion "...there is no possibility of society without antagonism", that is why they claimed that "society does not exist."
== Books ==
*''Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory'' (London 1977)
*''Hegemony and Socialist Strategy'' (with Chantal Mouffe) (London 1985)
*''New Reflections on the Revolution of our Time'' (London, 1990)
*''The Making of Political Identities'' (editor) (London l994)
*''Emancipation(s)'' (London, 1996)
*''On Populist Reason '' (London, 2005)
== See also ==
*[[Louis Althusser]]
*[[Antonio Gramsci]]
*[[Ideology]]
*[[Marxism]]
*[[Slavoj Žižek]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.essex.ac.uk/centres/TheoStud/ Centre for Theoretical Studies, University of Essex]Includes Laclau papers on populism and the philosophical roots of discourse theory
*[http://www.essex.ac.uk/idaworld/ Ideology and Discourse Analysis network]
*[http://www.redpepper.org.uk/natarch/XRADDEM.HTML Hearts, Minds and Radical Democracy] Interview with Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe
[[Category:Marxist theorists|Laclau, Ernesto]]
[[Category:People]]
'''Ernesto Laclau''' is a [[political theory|political theorist]] often described as [[Post-marxism | post-marxist]]. He is a professor at the [[University of Essex]] where he holds a chair in [[political science|Political Theory]] and was for many years director of the doctoral program in [[Ideology]] and [[Critical discourse analysis|Discourse Analysis]].
He has lectured extensively in many universities in [[North America]], [[Latin America]], [[Western Europe]], [[Australia]] and [[South Africa]].
Laclau's most important book is ''[[Hegemony and Socialist Strategy]]'', which he co-authored with [[Chantal Mouffe]]. Their thought is usually described as post-Marxist as they were both politically active in the social and student movements of the [[1960s]] and thus tried to join working class and [[new social movements]]. They rejected [[Marxism|Marxist]] [[economic determinism]] and the notion of [[class struggle]] being the crucial [[antagonism]] in [[society]]. Instead they urged for radical [[democracy]] of [[agonistic pluralism]] where all antagonisms could be expressed. In their opinion "...there is no possibility of society without antagonism", that is why they claimed that "society does not exist."
== Books ==
*''Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory'' (London 1977)
*''Hegemony and Socialist Strategy'' (with Chantal Mouffe) (London 1985)
*''New Reflections on the Revolution of our Time'' (London, 1990)
*''The Making of Political Identities'' (editor) (London l994)
*''Emancipation(s)'' (London, 1996)
*''On Populist Reason '' (London, 2005)
== See also ==
*[[Louis Althusser]]
*[[Antonio Gramsci]]
*[[Ideology]]
*[[Marxism]]
*[[Slavoj Žižek]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.essex.ac.uk/centres/TheoStud/ Centre for Theoretical Studies, University of Essex]Includes Laclau papers on populism and the philosophical roots of discourse theory
*[http://www.essex.ac.uk/idaworld/ Ideology and Discourse Analysis network]
*[http://www.redpepper.org.uk/natarch/XRADDEM.HTML Hearts, Minds and Radical Democracy] Interview with Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe
[[Category:Marxist theorists|Laclau, Ernesto]]
[[Category:People]]
