The Rhetorical Foundations Of Society by Laclau, Ernesto

The Rhetorical Foundations Of Society (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781781681701)

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The Rhetorical Foundations Of Society by Laclau, Ernesto

The Rhetorical Foundations Of Society

$29.95
The Rhetorical Foundations Of Society by Laclau, Ernesto

The Rhetorical Foundations Of Society

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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The essays collected in this volume develop the theoretical perspective initiated in Laclau and Chantal Mouffe's classic Hegemony and Socialist Strategy.

Central to the argument of The Rhetorical Foundations of Society is the establishment of rhetorical tropes--such as metaphor, metonymy and catachresis--as the 'non-foundational' grounds of society. From this basis, Laclau explores the state of social relations in today's heterogeneous society. Employing analytical philosophy from both phenomenological and structuralist traditions, he seeks to locate an ontological terrain for interpersonal relationships. Further, he investigates the definition of social antagonism in an increasingly globalized world, where the proliferation of conflicts and points of rupture erodes crucial links between the social subjects postulated by classical social analysis.

Author: Ernesto Laclau
ISBN-10: 1781681708
ISBN-13: 9781781681701
Publisher: Verso
Language: English
Published: 05/20/2014
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.10w x 0.77d

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Publishers Weekly 06/02/2014
By Ernesto Laclau
By Ernesto Laclau
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Ernesto Laclau is Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Government, University of Essex, and Distinguished Professor for Humanities and Rhetorical Studies at Northwestern University. He is the author of, amongst other works, Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (with Chantal Mouffe); New Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time; The Populist Reason; Contingency, Hegemony, Universality (with Judith Butler and Slavoj Žižek); and Emancipation(s).

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