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This is the first full-length overview of the important work of
Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. Anna Marie Smith clearly shows
how Laclau and Mouffe's work has brought Gramscian,
poststructuralist and psychoanalytic perspectives to revitalize
traditional political theory. With clarity and insight, she shows
how they have constructed a highly effective theory of identity
formation and power relations that carefully draws from postmodern
anti-foundationalist political theory.
Laclau and Mouffe: The Radical Democratic Imaginary is the first full-length overview of the important work of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. Anna Marie Smith clearly shows how Laclau and Mouffe's work has brought Gramscian, poststructuralist and psychoanalytic perspectives to revitalize traditional political theory. With clarity and insight, she shows how they have constructed a highly effective theory of identity formation and power relations that carefully draws from the criticism of political theory from postmodern anti-foundationalist political theory.
In the third and final volume of this series, we examine the
implications of the accelerating globalization process for the
nation-state. Are globalization, the rise of regional and
international institutions, and the international agreements on
human rights actually reducing and transforming state sovereignty?
Clearly ethnic, racial, and religious identities remain salient,
but how do they correspond to, intersect with, and overflow
continuous nation-state spaces that are demarcated by legally
recognized borders? In what conditions do democratic state-building
projects actually enhance political, civil, and social rights, and
when do they tend to contribute to the consolidation of elite
power? Should democratic forces put their faith in a cosmopolitan
vision of global citizenship, especially when they tackle
quintessentially international and transnational problems like
peace, aboriginal rights, and the protection of the environment? In
this volume's collection of contemporary political sociologists'
key articles, we present work that explores the exposure of the
nation-state and the post-World War II world system to global
forces.
The first book in the Cultural Margins series is a 1994 study of
racism and homophobia in British politics, which demonstrates the
demonisation of blacks, lesbians, and gays in New Right discourse.
Anna Marie Smith develops theoretical insights from literary and
cultural critics, including Nietzsche, Foucault, Derrida, Hall, and
Gilroy, to produce detailed readings of two key moments in New
Right discourse: the speeches of Enoch Powell on black immigration
(1968-72) and the legislative campaign of the late 1980s to
prohibit the promotion of homosexuality. Her analysis challenges
the silence on racism and homophobia in previous studies of
Thatcherism and the New Right, and shows how demonisation of
lesbians and gays depends on previous demonisations of black
immigrant and criminal figures. Overall, this book offers a
devastating critique of racism and homophobia in late
twentieth-century Britain.
The first book in the Cultural Margins series is a 1994 study of
racism and homophobia in British politics, which demonstrates the
demonisation of blacks, lesbians, and gays in New Right discourse.
Anna Marie Smith develops theoretical insights from literary and
cultural critics, including Nietzsche, Foucault, Derrida, Hall, and
Gilroy, to produce detailed readings of two key moments in New
Right discourse: the speeches of Enoch Powell on black immigration
(1968-72) and the legislative campaign of the late 1980s to
prohibit the promotion of homosexuality. Her analysis challenges
the silence on racism and homophobia in previous studies of
Thatcherism and the New Right, and shows how demonisation of
lesbians and gays depends on previous demonisations of black
immigrant and criminal figures. Overall, this book offers a
devastating critique of racism and homophobia in late
twentieth-century Britain.
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