Hegemonie und radikale Demokratie

Since the collapse of real socialism, questions of democratic theory have become a central field of political philosophy. Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe explore a crucial gap in leftist, Marxist theory formation. Through a deconstruction of Marxism, primarily that of the Second and Third Internationals, the authors open up a perspective for an anti-essentialist conception of the social. Their radicalization of Gramsci's thoughts on hegemony, combined with Foucault's discourse analysis and Lefort's libertarian political conception, leads to a new articulation of post-individualistic liberalism, a radical and plural democracy, and a non-totalitarian socialism. This book, now in its sixth edition, represents an indispensable contribution to the development of a new leftist politics.