Oliver Marchart (Professor of Political Theory in the Department of

Thinking Antagonism

Political Ontology After Laclau

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Produktbeschreibung

Oliver Marchart presents the main features of Ernesto Laclauâ s ontology and tracks the development of antagonism from German Idealism via Marx to todayâ s post-Marxism. In doing so, he demonstrates Laclauâ s significant contribution to the current â ontological turnâ in political thought.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 428g
• ISBN-13: 9781474413312
• ISBN-10: 1474413315
• Artikelnr.: 44659662

Autorenporträt

Oliver Marchart is Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at University of Vienna.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Abbreviations
Introduction: What Is Antagonism?: 1. 'What's Going on With Being?': Laclau and the Return of Political Ontology
Part I Thinking the Political: 2. Marx on the Beach: An Intellectual History of Antagonism
3. Beyond the 'War Hypothesis': Polemology in Foucault, Stiegler and Loraux
Part II Thinking Politics: 4. The Restless Nature of the Social: On the Micro-Conflictuality of Everyday Life
5. Politics and the Popular: Protest and Culture in Laclau's Theory of Populism
6. On Minimal Politics: Conditions of Acting Politically
Part III Politicising Thought: 7. The Final Name of Being: Thinking as Reflective Intervention
8. Being as Acting: The Primacy of Politics and the Politics of Thought
Conclusion: Ostinato Rigore, or, The Ethics of Intellectual Engagement
Notes
Bibliography
Index.