Laclau Ernesto - Emancipation(S) - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: In Emancipation(s) Ernesto Laclau addresses a central question: how have the changes of the last decade together with the transformation in contemporary thought altered the classical notion of emancipation as formulated since the Enlightenment? Our visions of the future and our expectations of emancipation have been deeply affected by the changes of recent history: the end of the Cold War the explosion of new ethnic and national identities the social fragmentation under late capitalism and the collapse of universal certainties in philosophy and social and historical thought. Laclau here begins to explore precisely how our visions of emancipation have been recast under these new conditions. Laclau examines the internal contradictions of the notion of emancipation as it emerged from the mainstream of modernity as well as the relation between universalism and particularism which is inherent in it. He explores the making of political identities and the status of central notions in political theory such as representation and power focusing particularly on the work of Derrida and Rorty. Emancipation(s) is a significant contribution to the reshaping of radical political thought.
Title: Emancipation(S)
Author(s): Laclau Ernesto
Publisher: Verso Books
Barcode: 9781844675760
Pages: 144 Pages
Publication Date: 1/17/2007
Series: Radical Thinkers Set 02
Category: Political Science & Theory