Laclau's analysis of populist experiences begins with a critique of current approaches to populism. This is followed by a discussion of the classical theories of mass psychology and of the role of the lumpenproletariat in Marx's work.
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"What needs to be politically articulated at the present time is the possibility of a leftist populism. This is what makes Laclau's long-awaited book so important. Arguably, populism has always been the governing concept in Laclau's work and in On Populist Reason, he lays out his position with great power and analytical clarity."--Simon Critchley
Ernesto Laclau is Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Government, University of Essex, and in the Department of Comparative Literature, State University of New York Buffalo. He has lectured in many universities throughout Western Europe, North America and Latin America and was the founder and director of the doctoral program in Ideology and Discourse Analysis and The Centre for Theoretical Studies, Both at the University of Essex. He is the author, among other works, of Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (co-authored with Chantal Mouffe), New Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time, Emancipation(s), and Contingency, Hegemony and Universality (co-authored with Judith Butler and Slavoj Zizek).
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