The Rhetorical Foundations of Society (Paperback)

The essays collected in this volume develop the theoretical perspective initiated in Laclau and Mouffe's classic Hegemony and Socialist Strategy, taking it in three principal directions. First, this book explores the specificity of social antagonisms and answers the question What is an antagonistic relation?--an issue which has become increasingly crucial in our globalized world, where the proliferation of conflicts and points of rupture is eroding their links to the social subjects postulated by classical social analysis. This leads Laclau to a second line of questioning: What is the ontological terrain that allows us to understand the nature of social relations in our heterogeneous world? This is a task he addresses with theoretical instruments drawn from analytical philosophy and from the phenomenological and structuralist traditions. Finally, central to the argument of the book is the basic role attributed to rhetorical tropes--metaphor, metonymy, catachresis--in shaping the non-foundational grounds of society.

General

Imprint:	Verso Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2014
First published:	May 2014
Authors:	Ernesto Laclau
Dimensions:	235 x 154 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	229
ISBN-13:	978-1-78168-170-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
LSN:	1-78168-170-8
Barcode:	9781781681701

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