Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory

Ernesto Laclau is best known for co-authoring <i>Hegemony and Socialist Strategy</i> with Chantal Mouffe. Politically active in the social and student movements of the 1960s and a member of PSIN (Socialist Party of the National Left) Laclau’s oeuvre links the working class and new social movements. Rejecting Marxist economic determinism and the notion of class struggle Laclau instead urged for a radical democracy where antagonisms could be expressed. Frequently described as post-Marxist Laclau’s writings have focused on political movements. Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory was Laclau’s first published work where readers can trace the early formation of ideas that shaped the twentieth century.