What's Left of Philosophy 3 | Laclau and Mouffe, or How we learned to hate class and love Derrida
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Dec 18, 2020 AI Snips
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Critique of Marxism
- Laclau and Mouffe critique Marxism as essentialist, reductionist, and totalizing, hindering political contingency and agency.
- They argue that the working class is a barrier to socialist politics and that Marxism fails to address new social movements.
Discourse and Deconstruction
- Will jokes about the book being better titled "How I Learned to Hate Class and Love Derrida."
- This highlights the authors' focus on discourse and deconstruction over material class analysis.
Misinterpretation of Braverman
- Laclau and Mouffe misinterpret Braverman's Labor and Monopoly Capital, missing its core argument about worker resistance.
- They incorrectly claim Braverman portrays technological determinism as an omnipotent force, ignoring class conflict.