How is the present crisis of left-wing thought to be understood? To what extent does it call into the question the idea of social totality that underpinned Marxism and many other socialist theories? Does the concept of hegemony imply a new logic that goes beyond the essentialism of classical Marxist thought? These are some of the questions that this now seminal book attempts to answer. It traces the genealogy of the present crisis, from the nineteenth-century debates to the contemporary emergence of new forms of struggle, making it a classic text both for understanding hegemony and for focusing on present social struggles and their significance for democratic theory.
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How is the present crisis of left-wing thought to be understood?
| Preface to the Second Edition |
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| Introduction |
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Hegemony: the Genealogy of a Concept |
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7 | (40) |
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Hegemony: the Difficult Emergence of a New Political Logic |
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47 | (46) |
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Beyond the Positivity of the Social: Antagonisms and Hegemony |
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93 | (56) |
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Hegemony and Radical Democracy |
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149 | (46) |
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Ernesto Laclau (1935-2014) was Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Government, University of Essex, and Distinguished Professor for Humanities and Rhetorical Studies at Northwestern University. He was the author of, amongst other works, Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (with Chantal Mouffe), New Reflections of the Revolution of Our Time, The Populist Reason, Contingency, Hegemony, Universality (with Judith Butler and Slavoj Zizek), and Emancipation(s).
