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Lauclau And Mouffe's Theory Of Radical,Pluralistic Democracy

Posted on:2009-04-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360272463497Subject:Marxist philosophy
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Post-Marxism is one kind of foreign theory trend, which could be paid current more attention in recent years. Proliferation of Post-Marxism in today's academe indicates complex changes of today's Capitalism. It tried to transcend and supply Marxism, and bring the ponder and impact to traditional Marxist political theories. It is thoretically characteristic of hegemony as a core, anti-fundamentalism as a political philosophic viewpoint, and antagonism as a characteristic. It takes the construction of "new social movement" of radical democratic politics as its reality for action.At present, Chinese scholars seldom talk about the political Philosophic view of Laclau and Mouffe, they just start to translate and study Laclau and Mouffe's books recently, so , it is necessary and urgent to discuss the views of Laclau and Mouffe. This thesis basically discusses and analyses fundamental viewpoint of radical,pluralistic democracy in overall and deep going ways, from its age background to historic follows, from rearrange hegemony to beyond Gramsci's viewpoint, from deconstruct traditional concept of Marxism to abandon Marxist viewpoint, it analyses their theory that could be provide some benefit empirical and theoretical reference for developing Marxist political Philosophy.Although Laclau and Mouffe's deconstruction to Marxism has obvious disadvantages and drawbacks, after all, they just tried their best to response Marxist crisis in modern socirty, Laclau and Mouffe hope that their theory could be give a novel angle of view for socialist democracy construction. However, we should pay more attention to absorb positive achievement of Laclau and Mouffe's theory of radical pluralistic democracy. At the same, we should enrich and develop Marxism in modern society that depend on their theory, only do this, Marxism could be maintain vigorous vitality and energy.
Keywords/Search Tags:Laclau, Mouffe, Gramsci, Hegemony, Contingency, Deconstruct, radical,pluralistic democracy
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