ZAŁOŻENIA TEORII DYSKURSU ERNESTA LACLAUA I CHANTAL MOUFFE
THE ASSUMPTIONS OF THE DISCOURSE THEORY OF ERNESTO LACLAU AND CHANTAL MOUFFE

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the main assumptions of the discourse theory of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. It is a post-Marxist theory which was formulated on the basis of the works of different authors such as Karl Marks on the one hand and Ferdinand de Saussure, Michel Foucault or Jacques Lacan on the other hand. It is a theory which allows to realize the political interests of left-wing groups, for which it is criticized by the conservative parties. However, the theory gives the possibility of explaining a lot of mechanisms which govern modern democracy, including the phenomenon of populism. E. Laclau and Ch. Mouffe introduced lots of important notions which are explained in this article. They are the following : antagonism, articulation, logic of equivalence, logic of difference, empty signifiers, nodal points and hegemony.

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