The charmed circle of ideology : a critique of Laclau and Mouffe, Butler and Žižek.

Main entry:

Boucher, Geoff, 1967-

Title & Author:

The charmed circle of ideology : a critique of Laclau and Mouffe, Butler and Žižek.

Publication:

Seddon, Vic. : Re.press, 2009.

Description:

1 online resource (ix, 275 pages)

Series:

Anamnesis

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-271) and index.
Introduction: Critically Mapping the Postmarxian Field; 1 -- New Times: The Emergence of Postmarxism; 2 -- Crop Circles in the Postmarxian Field: Laclau and Mouffe; 3 -- The Politics of Performativity: A Critique of Judith Butler; 4 -- Radical Negativity: Žižek's Lacanian Dialectics; Conclusion: Theories of Structuration, Theories of Ideology; Bibliography; Index of Proper Names; Back Cover.

Summary:

Set against the collapse of social theory into a theory of ideological discourse, Geoff Boucher sets to work a rigorous mapping of the contemporary field, targeting the relativist implications of this new form of philosophical idealism. Offering a detailed and immanent critique, Boucher concentrates his critical attention on the 'postmarxism' of Laclau and Mouffe, Butler and Žižek. In response Boucher points to 'intersubjectivity' as an exit from postmarxist theory's charmed circle of ideology.

Resources:
ProQuest Ebook Central

ISBN:

0980666597 (electronic bk.)
9780980666595 (electronic bk.)
9780980544046
0980544041

Subject:

Laclau, Ernesto, 1935-2014.
Mouffe, Chantal.
Butler, Judith, 1956-
Žižek, Slavoj.
Post-communism.
Marxian school of sociology.
Postmodernism Social aspects.
World politics 1989-
Postcommunisme.
Sociologie marxiste.
Postmodernisme Aspect social.
Politique mondiale 1989-
World politics

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