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Ernesto Laclau | |
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.jpg) Ernesto Laclau in 2012 | |
| Born | 6 October 1935 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 13 April 2014 (aged 78) Seville, Spain |
| Era | 20th / 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Post-Marxism |
Main interests | Hegemony · Identity politics |
Ernesto Laclau (Spanish: [laˈklaw]; 6 October 1935 – 13 April 2014) was an Argentine political theorist and philosopher. He is often described as an 'inventor' of post-Marxist political theory. He is well known for his collaborations with his long-term partner, Chantal Mouffe.
He studied history at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, graduating with a licenciatura in 1964, and received a PhD from the University of Essex in 1977.
From 1986 he served as Professor of Political Theory at the University of Essex, where he founded and directed for many years the graduate programme in Ideology and Discourse Analysis, as well as the Centre for Theoretical Studies in the Humanities and the Social Sciences. Under his directorship, the Ideology and Discourse Analysis programme has provided a research framework for the development of a distinct type of discourse analysis that draws on post-structuralist theory (especially the work of Saussure, and Derrida), post-analytic thought (Wittgenstein, and Richard Rorty) and psychoanalysis (primarily the work of Lacan) to provide innovative analysis of concrete political phenomena, such as identities, discourses and hegemonies. This theoretical and analytical orientation is known today as the 'Essex School of discourse analysis'.[1]
Over his career Laclau lectured extensively in many universities in North America, South America, Western Europe, Australia, and South Africa. He also held positions at SUNY Buffalo and Northwestern University, both in the US.
Laclau died of a heart attack in Seville in 2014.[2][3]
- ^ Townshend, Jules (February 2003). "Discourse theory and political analysis: a new paradigm from the Essex School?". British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 5 (1): 129–142. doi:10.1111/1467-856X.00100. S2CID 146283536.
- ^ "ÚLTIMO MOMENTO: Falleció en Sevilla, el téorico y politólogo argentino, Ernesto Laclau | Radio Rivadavia" [LAST MOMENT: The Argentine theoretician and political scientist, Ernesto Laclau | Radio Rivadavia] (in Spanish). Rivadavia.com.ar. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ Blackburn, Robin. "Ernesto Laclau, 1935-2014". Verso Books. Retrieved 14 April 2014.