What is the "populist moment" and what does it mean for the left?
Chantal Mouffe is the Professor of Political Theory at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. Her books include Agonistics, The Return of the Political, Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (with Ernesto Laclau), The Dimensions of Radical Democracy, The Democratic Paradox and The Challenge of Carl Schmitt.
Influencing left parties as they enter government, from Greece to
Portugal to Mexico. It is a beach-sized introduction to a major
left thinker of the 21st century.
*Paul Mason [Guardian Summer Reads]*
An admirable attempt to get us thinking again about what a
worthwhile politics might look like, one based on notions of
equality, ecology, sovereignty, solidarity and social justice.
*New Statesman*
Refreshingly bereft of the sputtering outrage and bafflement that
characterizes the growing genre of liberal self-help books, Mouffe
channels populism's agonistic clarity.
*n+1*
Argues in favor of leftist populism as a means to combat both
elitist, neoliberal technocracy and reactionary, xenophobic
versions of populism.
*Publishers Weekly*
Mouffe represents a position that every serious student of
contemporary political thought must acknowledge and come to terms
with.
*Philosopher's Magazine [for Agonistics]*
Evocative and challenging
*Radical Philosophy [for The Return of the Political]*
Important and timely.
*Political Theory [for The Democractic Paradox]*
An indispensable read
*Harvard Educational Review [for The Return of the Political]*
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