The Rhetoric of Post-Marxism: Discourse and Institutionality in Laclau and Mouffe, Resnick and Wolff

Miklitsch, Robert

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“…The potential chicken-and-egg problem faced by all dialectical solutions to the structure-agency dilemma-if subjects change structures and structures condition subjects, which comes first?-is cut off at the knees by firmly putting structure first (Laclau 1990, 36, 60, 83-84;Laclau 2004, 332). Yet critics contend that this "historicist" move causes "contradictions" and "ethical relativism" (Boucher 2009, 10-16, 82, 233), and that it paralyzes political action (Miklitsch 1995;Sumic 2004, 196-97).…”

Section: Subjectivity In Discourse Theorymentioning

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The Dislocated Universe of Laclau and Mouffe: An Introduction to Post-Structuralist Discourse Theory

Jacobs¹

2018

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Post-structuralist Discourse Theory is an approach to political analysis that reformulates Marxist theory so as to emphasize structural contingency and openness. Whereas classic Marxian sociology is rooted in economic processes that "structure" society and ideas, post-structuralist Discourse Theory emphasizes the absence of any determinative principle. Thus, it radicalizes an ongoing shift in Marxism away from economic essentialism towards indeterminacy. The ideological superstructure becomes ever more important at the expense of the economic base; class struggle and production relations lose analytical and strategic purchase in favor of a complex and integral form of politics; there are no deeper, natural foundations determining how society is organized and structured. Post-structuralist discourse-theorists argue that this orientation leads to a more satisfactory analysis and critique of political practice than is possible through positivist behaviorism or orthodox Marxism. Assessing that claim requires a survey of the hermetic terminology in which poststructuralist discourse-theorists often express their ideas-the discourse, as it were, of discourse-theorists-exploring their use of Marxist sociology, structuralist linguistics, psychoanalysis, populism research, and various currents of political theory.

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Section: Subjectivity In Discourse Theorymentioning

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The Dislocated Universe of Laclau and Mouffe: An Introduction to Post-Structuralist Discourse Theory

Jacobs¹

2018

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“…Bedorf/Röttgers 2010;Bröckling/Feustel 2010;Flügel et al 2004;Hebekus/Völker 2012. 39 Vgl. Breckman 2011;Goldstein 2005;Hintz 2011;McGee 1997;Miklitsch 1995;Tormey/Townshend 2006. 40 Vgl.…”

Section: Poststrukturalismus: Eine Arbeitsdefinitionunclassified

“…In ihrer Theorie wird der Politik eine Vorrangstel- 162 Vgl. Aronowitz 1989;Aronowitz 1992;Barrett 1991;Breckman 2004;Breckman 2005;Bowman 2002;Cloud 1994;Eagleton 1991: 215-220;Eagleton 1993: 247-252;Hintz/Vorwallner 1988;Hunter 1988;Jessop 1990;McGee 1997;Miklitsch 1995;Mouzelis 1988;Nash 2002;Osborne 1991;Rustin 1988;Shantz 2000;Veltmeyer 2000;Wood 1986;Woodiwiss 1990. 163 Vgl.…”

Section: Ernesto Laclau Und Chantal Mouffe: Kontingenz Und Hegemonie 160unclassified

Demokratie ohne Grund - kein Grund für Demokratie?

Sievi¹

2017

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“…39 Vgl. Breckman 2011Goldstein 2005;Hintz 2011;McGee 1997;Miklitsch 1995;Tormey/Townshend 2006. 40 Vgl.…”

Section: Poststrukturalismus: Eine Arbeitsdefinitionunclassified

Demokratie ohne Grund - kein Grund für Demokratie?

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2017

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The Rhetoric of Post-Marxism: Discourse and Institutionality in Laclau and Mouffe, Resnick and Wolff

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The Dislocated Universe of Laclau and Mouffe: An Introduction to Post-Structuralist Discourse Theory

The Dislocated Universe of Laclau and Mouffe: An Introduction to Post-Structuralist Discourse Theory

Demokratie ohne Grund - kein Grund für Demokratie?

Demokratie ohne Grund - kein Grund für Demokratie?

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