On Populist Reason
On Populist Reason by Ernesto Laclau, published by Verso Books on September 17, 2007, is a reprint edition comprising 276 pages in English. This work continues the philosophical and political exploration initiated in Hegemony and Socialist Strategy, focusing on the construction of popular identities and the emergence of “the people” as a collective actor. Laclau skillfully combines theoretical analysis with empirical references from various historical and geographical contexts, offering a critical reading of existing literature on populism.
Readers will find an in-depth examination of the relationship between populism, democracy, and representation. Laclau addresses the influence of mass psychology theorists like Taine and Freud, while distinguishing his approach from contemporary thinkers such as Žižek, Hardt and Negri, and Rancière. This book engages with themes in political science, philosophy, and political ideologies, making it relevant for those interested in the dynamics of political identities in modern societies.
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In this highly original work Ernesto Laclau continues the philosophical and political exploration initiated in Hegemony and Socialist Strategy. Here he focuses on the construction of popular identities and how “the people” emerge as a collective actor. Skillfully combining theoretical analysis with a myriad of empirical references from numerous historical and geographical contexts he offers a critical reading of the existing literature on populism, demonstrating its dependency on the theorists of “mass psychology” such as Taine and Freud. He demonstrates the relation of populism to democracy and to the logic of representation, and differentiates his approach from the work of Žižek, Hardt and Negri, and Ranciere. This book is essential reading for all those interested in the question of political identities in present-day societies.
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