A Topological Reading of Ernesto Laclau

Authors

  • Denisse Sciamarella Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France; (2) Institut Franco-Argentin d'Études sur le Climat et ses Impacts, UMI 3351 (CNRS-CONICET-UBA-IRD), Buenos Aires, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/fv.41.1.10

Keywords:

topology of chaos, nonlinear dynamics, political theory, populism, hegemony, antagonism, heterogeneity

Abstract

This work proposes a reading of Laclau’s theory on populism using concepts from topology applied to dynamical systems. The analogical correspondences are established between the elements used in the reconstruction of a topological structure from data and categories such as discourse, hegemony, demand, empty and floating signifier, antagonism, and heterogeneity. 

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Published

2020-12-31

How to Cite

Sciamarella, D. (2020). A Topological Reading of Ernesto Laclau. Filozofski Vestnik, 41(1). https://doi.org/10.3986/fv.41.1.10

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 1 (2020): Reading Althusser; Philosophy and Its Artistic Other; Politics and Mathematics; The Real and Semblance in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis

Section

Politics and Mathematics

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