The Theory of Radical Democracy – Hegemony, Populism, Participation

Abstract

With the publication of Hegemony and Socialist Strategy in 1985 Laclau and Mouffe placed the question of the relation to democracy generally and to liberal democracy in particular centre stage in the political debates of the academic left. Since then major developments have taken place. Laclau focussed on the question of populism and Mouffe has developed her version of agonistic democracy. This panel focusses on the theory of radical democracy in its present stage. Among other things, issues addressed are the question of the relation between populism and liberal democracy, based on recent European and Latin American experiences. The possibilities of new forms of democracy and participation, and finally questions of cultural differences and radical democracy. The presentations take their point of departure in Laclau and Mouffe's notion of radical democracy but relates the interventions to other prominent thinkers of democracy, sucha as Derrida, Foucault and Connolly.

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