Chantal Mouffe

Chantal Mouffe

(1943—); She studied at the Catholic University of Louvain and the University of Essex. She is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Westminster. Her work focuses on expanding the conceptual pair of “post-Marxism/radical democracy,” which she developed with Ernesto Laclau.

(1943—); Chantal Mouffe studied at the Catholic University of Louvain and the University of Essex. She is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Westminster.

She has taught at various universities across Europe, North America, and Latin America. She has worked as a researcher at Harvard, Cornell, the University of California, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and the Paris-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Her work focuses on expanding the conceptual pair of “post-Marxism/radical democracy,” which she and Ernesto Laclau introduced in their joint work Hegemony and Socialist Strategy.

Chantal Mouffe’s work holds an important place in contemporary political theory, particularly in relation to debates on “post-Marxism,” “radical democracy,” and “agonistic politics.”

Important Works Translated into Turkish
  • The Return of the Political - Siyasetin Dönüşü (Epos Yayınları)
  • Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical Democratic Politics - Hegemonya ve Sosyalist Strateji: Radikal Demokratik Bir Politikaya Doğru, with Ernesto Laclau (İletişim Yayınları)
  • On the Political - Siyasal Üzerine (İletişim Yayınları)
  • Agonistics: Thinking the World Politically - Dünyayı Politik Düşünmek: Agonistik Siyaset (İletişim Yayınları)

Author's Books