The Return of the Political
Published on 24. March 2020
176 pages
978-1-78873-942-9 (ISBN)
Description
Chantal Mouffe is one of the most influential political theorists at work today. Her work has influenced political parties across Europe and continues to inform the direction of left politics. In this work, Mouffe argues that liberal democracy misunderstands the problems of ethnic, religious and nationalist conflicts because of its inadequate conception of politics.
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Ebook UK & RoW
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English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Reflowable
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978-1-78873-942-9 (9781788739429)
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Chantal Mouffe is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. Her books include The Return of the Political; Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (with Ernesto Laclau); The Dimensions of Radical Democracy; Gramsci and Marxist Theory; Deconstruction and Pragmatism; The Democratic Paradox; and The Challenge of Carl Schmitt, all from Verso.
Content
- Cover Page
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction: For an Agonistic Pluralism
- 1. Radical Democracy: Modern or Postmodern?
- 2. American Liberalism and its Communitarian Critics
- 3. Rawls: Political Philosophy without Politics
- 4. Democratic Citizenship and the Political Community
- 5. Feminism, Citizenship and Radical Democratic Politics
- 6. Towards a Liberal Socialism
- 7. On the Articulation between Liberalism and Democracy
- 8. Pluralism and Modern Democracy: Around Carl Schmitt
- 9. Politics and the Limits of Liberalism
- Notes
- Index
