The Return of the Political

Evocative and challenging. * Radical Philosophy *An indispensable read. * Harvard Educational Review *Her work evinces an impressive political prescience…In a rare feat for a political theorist, Mouffe’s texts have inspired left parties and politicians, like Podemos and Jean-Luc Melénchon, to frame their projects as a democratic struggle against unrepresentative elites. – Thea Riofrancos * n+1 *With eerie accuracy, Mouffe anticipated today’s political world. – Andy Beckett * The Guardian *

Chantal Mouffe is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. Her books include The Return of the Political; Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (with Ernesto Laclau); The Dimensions of Radical Democracy; Gramsci and Marxist Theory; Deconstruction and Pragmatism; The Democratic Paradox; and The Challenge of Carl Schmitt, all from Verso.