Category Archives: Ernesto Laclau

New issue of Radical Philosophy, including discussion of the politics of translation

A new issue of Radical Philosophy is out, including a very interesting discussion of the politics of translation. The specific case is Hegel, and the new Terry Pinkard translation of the Phenomenology of Spirit, but the issues raised go beyond this … Continue reading

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Critical Theory books that came out in May

A nice round-up of some recent books – Derrida, Laclau, Lefebvre, Damlé, Flusser, etc. -at critical-theory.com  

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Ryan Brading on Ernesto Laclau as Theorist of Populism

Another nice tribute to Ernesto Laclau, this time by Ryan Brading on his work as a theorist of populism at Adam David Morton’s For the Desk Drawer blog.

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Verso’s tribute to Ernesto Laclau

Verso books have posted a nice tribute to Ernesto Laclau, written by Robin Blackburn.

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Ernesto Laclau (1935-2014)

Sad news about Ernesto Laclau, who has died of a heart attack while in Seville for a lecture (report in Spanish, via Elena Loizidou). Update: there is an English-language story in the Buenos Aires Herald; and another Spanish story in La … Continue reading

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