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The Charmed Circle of Ideology: A Critique of Laclau and Mouffe, Butler and
Zizek
by Geoff Boucher
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Description
Set against the collapse of social theory into a theory of ideological
discourse, Geoff Boucher sets to work a rigorous mapping of the contemporary
field, targeting the relativist implications of this new form of
philosophical idealism. Offering a detailed and immanent critique Boucher
concentrates his critical attention on the 'postmarxism' of Laclau and
Mouffe, Butler and Zizek. Combining close reading and careful exposition
with polemical intent, Boucher links the relativism exemplified in these
contemporary theoretical trends to unresolved philosophical problems of
modernity. In conclusion Boucher points to 'intersubjectivity' as an exit
from postmarxist theory's charmed circle of ideology.
Price:
$35.00 AUD
$25.00 USD
£16.00 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-0-9805440-4-6
Publication date: December 2008 (Aust.), March 2009 (ROW)
Pages: 275
Format: 234x156 mm (6x9 in) Paperback
Series: Anamnesis
