Evocative and challenging.

Radical Philosophy

An indispensable read.

Harvard Educational Review

Her work evinces an impressive political prescience...In a rare feat for a political theorist, Mouffe's texts have inspired left parties and politicians, like Podemos and Jean-Luc Melénchon, to frame their projects as a democratic struggle against unrepresentative elites.

- Thea Riofrancos, n+1

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With eerie accuracy, Mouffe anticipated today's political world.

- Andy Beckett, The Guardian

Chantal Mouffe is one of the most influential political theorists at work today. Her work has influenced political parties across Europe and continues to inform the direction of left politics. In this work, Mouffe argues that liberal democracy misunderstands the problems of ethnic, religious and nationalist conflicts because of its inadequate conception of politics.
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A powerful new understanding of citizenship, democracy and pluralism
A powerful new understanding of citizenship, democracy and pluralism.
Part of the acclaimed Radical Thinkers series.

Product details

ISBN
9781788738569
Published
2020-03-24
Publisher
Vendor
Verso Books
Weight
150 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Thickness
12 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
176

Biographical note

Chantal Mouffe is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. Her books include The Return of the Political; Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (with Ernesto Laclau); The Dimensions of Radical Democracy; Gramsci and Marxist Theory; Deconstruction and Pragmatism; The Democratic Paradox; and The Challenge of Carl Schmitt, all from Verso.