Chantal Mouffeâs writings have been innovatory with respect to democratic theory Marxism and feminism. Her work derives from and has always been engaged with contemporary political events and intellectual debates. This sense of conflict informs both the methodological and substantive propositions she offers. Determinisms scientific or otherwise and ideologies Marxist or feminist have failed to survive her excoriating critiques. In a sense she is the original post-Marxist rejecting economisms and class-centric analyses and also the original post-feminist more concerned with the varieties of âidentity politicsâ than with any singularities of âwomenâs issuesâ. While Mouffeâs concerns with power and discourse derive from her studies of Gramsciâs theorisations of hegemony and the post-structuralisms of Derrida and Foucault her reversal of the very terms through which political theory proceeds is very much her own. She centres conflict not consensus and disagreement not finality. Whether philosophically perfectionist or liberally reasonable political theorists have been challenged by Mouffe to think again and to engage with a new concept of âthe politicalâ and a revived and refreshed notion of âradical democracyâ. The editor has focused on her work in three key areas: Hegemony: From Gramsci to âPost-Marxismâ Radical Democracy: Pluralism Citizenship and Identity The Political: A Politics Beyond Consensus The volume concludes with a new interview with Chantal Mouffe. . Language: English