Rhetorical Foundations of Society

The essays collected in this volume develop the theoretical perspective initiated in Laclau and Chantal Mouffe''s classic Hegemony and Socialist Strategy.

Central to the argument of The Rhetorical Foundations of Society is the establishment of rhetorical tropes-such as metaphor, metonymy and catachresis-as the "non-foundational" grounds of society. From this basis, Laclau explores the state of ...