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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]].

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]]."

<blockquote><ref>Žižek, S. (2000) [[The Fragile Absolute]], or Why the [[Christian ]] Legacy is Worth Fighting For, [[London ]] and New York: Verso. p. 94</ref></blockquote>

*''[[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)

*''On Populist [[Reason ]] '' (London, 2005)

*[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