Thinking Antagonism

Political Ontology after Laclau

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Av Oliver Marchart, University of Vienna) Marchart, Oliver (Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Science

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Ernesto Laclau (1935–2014) was one of the major theoretical voices on the Left. His concept of antagonism is the cornerstone of his theory of hegemony and the organising concept in his political ontology. Oliver Marchart presents the main features of this ontology and tracks the development of antagonism from German Idealism via Marx to today’s post-Marxism. In doing so, he demonstrates Laclau’s significant contribution to the current ‘ontological turn’ in political thought. By carving out the philosophical implications of antagonism, Marchart proposes a new theory of ‘thinking’ as a collective, political and conflictual practice.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-09-12
Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt530 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474413305

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List of AbbreviationsIntroduction: What Is Antagonism?1. ‘What’s Going on With Being?’: Laclau and the Return of Political OntologyPart I: Thinking the Political2. Marx on the Beach: An Intellectual History of Antagonism3. Beyond the ‘War Hypothesis’: Polemology in Foucault, Stiegler and LorauxPart II: Thinking Politics4. The Restless Nature of the Social: On the Micro-Conflictuality of Everyday Life5. Politics and the Popular: Protest and Culture in Laclau’s Theory of Populism6. On Minimal Politics: Conditions of Acting PoliticallyPart III: Politicising Thought7. The Final Name of Being: Thinking as Reflective Intervention8. Being as Acting: The Primacy of Politics and the Politics of ThoughtConclusion: Ostinato Rigore, or, The Ethics of Intellectual EngagementNotesBibliographyIndex

Oliver Marchart’s book Thinking Antagonism is a great achievement. As always it is a pleasure to read him, the book is well argued, clearly written, displaying insights in left Hegelian and left Heideggerian intellectual history which is simply impressive. Engaging with the broader ‘ontological turn’, he manages to move from the deepest ontological (un-)ground of the political to micro politics as it is enacted in our everyday lives