Thinking the Political

ebook ∣ Ernesto Laclau and the Politics of Post-Marxism · Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

By Mark Devenney

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ebook

ISBN

9781138915589

Series

Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

Author

Mark Devenney

Publisher

Taylor and Francis

Release

05 January 2026

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Philosophy Politics Nonfiction

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Combining rigorous theoretical debate with a set of articles exploring Ernesto Laclau's thinking of politics, leading international scholars of contemporary radical theory demonstrate the relevance of Laclau's work to conceptualizing the Political and politics.

  • Part 1 situates Laclau's conceptualisation of the political in the past four decades, both before and after the publication of Hegemony and Socialist Strategy. In particular it reviews Laclau's critique of Marx and Marxism, in order to explore questions not addressed at the time.

  • Part 2 addresses Laclau's work on Rhetoric and Affect developed in some detail over the past decade. These chapters emphasise the centrality of affect and rhetoric to Laclau's conceptualisation of hegemony, thinking this in relation to the importance of rhetoric to neo-liberal politics, and arguing that rhetorical tropes are central to any thinking of the political.

  • Part 3 positions Laclau's work in relation to Contemporary Political theory marking his distance and debt from/to Althussser, Schmitt and Wittgenstein respectively.

  • Part 4 explores Laclau's account of Radical Democracy in relation to contemporary political concerns. Authors address the recent financial crisis; debt in relation to Greek and European politics; the analysis of contemporary capitalism; the politics of the Occupy movement and Latin American populism.

    • Format

    ebook

    ISBN

    9781138915589

    Series

    Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

    Author

    Mark Devenney

    Publisher

    Taylor and Francis

    Release

    05 January 2026

    Share

    Subjects

    Philosophy Politics Nonfiction
    Thinking the Political