The Legacy of Ernesto Laclau: Discourse Theory, Hegemony, and Populism

Abstract

Last year Ernesto Laclau sadly passed away. This panel is a tribute to his enduring achievements within radical political theory. The papers testify to the 'state of the theory' but also point to the tasks ahead. The presentations are located within the central aspects of his theoretical legacy. From his own philosophical sources of inspiration such as deconstruction, psychoanalysis and rhetoric to the central concepts such as discourse, hegemony, antagonism, populism, logics etc. Among the topics covered are the theory of the subject as lack; the theory of democracy and the focus on the articulation of democratic demands and the need for their institutionalisation; the notion of equivalence and its articulation in economy; the relation between feminism and the theory of populism, and the question of the relation between Laclau's personal experiences and the development of his theory. Some of the papers are based on empirical examples but they all focus on the theoretical implications and the further developments needed.

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From Discourse Theory of Politics to Political Theory of Discourse	View Paper Details
Subject and Subject Position in Laclauian Discourse Theory	View Paper Details
Equivalence and the Money Form as a Hegemonic Articulation	View Paper Details
Laclau, Rhetoric and Politics of Meaning	View Paper Details