Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe claimed to have identified the fatal flaw of Marxism and developed a better framework for left politics. But their taboo against class “essentialism” means they can’t ...

Chantal Mouffe, a Belgian philosopher and political theorist born in 1943, has been one of the most influential figures in post-Marxist thought. Although now retired, she was a professor at the ...

A leftwing popular movement that is not based on race or nation can succeed, Mouffe argues, though she fails to say how The volume and velocity of Donald Trump’s moral offences mean that it can be ...

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In this hugely influential book, Laclau and Mouffe examine the workings of hegemony and contemporary social struggles, and their significance for democratic theory. With the emergence of new social ...

Pouya Nematollahi has translated the book and Logos Publication has brought it out in 170 pages, Mehr reported. Originally published in 2000, the essays offer further discussion of the concept of ...

Uma conversa entre o secretário político de Podemos e uma referente da esquerda pós-marxista reflete o potencial impacto das ideias e práticas latino-americanas na esquerda europeia. English Español ...

Our health and lives cannot be ruled by market forces alone. Now thousands of scholars are calling for a way out of the crisis Working humans are so much more than “resources”. This is one of the ...

Chantal Mouffe: ‘only populism can save the left’ Political scientists typically see politics as an exercise in consensus-building. But Chantal Mouffe tells John Morgan that the left must learn from ...