CAPITALIZING ON THE DIALECTICAL ECONOMY OF HEGEMONY.

This essay offers a symptomatic reading of Laclau's On Populist Reason, arguing that his discursive theory of politics remains needlessly trapped within a restricted, recuperative economy of the signifier. As a result, Laclau is characteristically unable either to perform or to recognize precisely t...

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Published in:	Cultural Studies Vol. 26; no. 2/3; pp. 346 - 370
Main Author:	Kaplan, Michael
Format:	Essay
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2012
Subjects:	On Populist Reason (Book) Laclau, Ernesto, 1935-2014 Political philosophy Philosophy of rhetoric Hegemony Liberalism Capitalism > Philosophy
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost