Tuesday 28th January & Friday 31st January 2.30-5pm
Two lectures being given by Professor Ernesto Laclau on the topics of 'The Discursive Construction of Social Antagonisms' and 'Three Routes, One Argument: Heidegger, Lacan, Gramsci'.
Ernesto Laclau is a political theorist and Professor Emeritus of Government at the University of Essex, where he was director of the doctoral program in Ideology and Discourse Analysis for many years. Laclau is also Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Rhetorical Studies at Northwestern University, Evanston. Active in the new social movements of the 1960s, he developed, with Chantal Mouffe, a theory of radical democracy in their landmark book Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (1985). His many books include: Emancipation(s) (1996), Contingency, Hegemony, Universality (with Judith Butler and Slavoj Žižek) (2000), and On Populist Reason (2005).
The BIH masterclass consists of at least 2 lectures where speakers develop their work in progress.
These events are free but booking is essential.
Tue 28th January, 2.30-5pm, Room B36, Birkbeck Main Building: The Discursive Construction of Social Antagonisms - book here <http://laclau1.eventbrite.co.uk/>
Fri 31st January, 2.30-5pm, Room B35, Birkbeck Main Building: Three Routes, One Argument: Heidegger, Lacan, Gramsci - book here <http://laclau2.eventbrite.co.uk/>