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“Should we all be on Marx’s side?” Contributions of post-marxist discourse theory to the historiography of communism

dc.contributor.authorLopes, António
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-27T13:15:59Z
dc.date.available2013-05-27T13:15:59Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractDrawing on post-marxist discourse theory inspired by the writings of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, this article puts the case for a literature on communism situated at the crossroads of critical theory, cultural studies and historiography. Specific illustration is provided by the author's own research on British communism and the Spanish Civil War. However, the scope of the article is much broader and it is intended as a contribution to the theoretical discussion of future possibilities for communist history-writing. The article concludes that discourse should be regarded neither as a flat surface of tightly knit signifiers nor as an impenetrable monolith of meaning systems. Rather, it should be seen as an inherently dynamic phenomenon, with its own condensations and dispersions along the historical continuum. In this lies its significance for historians of communism.por
dc.identifier.isbn9781905007790
dc.identifier.otherAUT: ALO00354;
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/2706
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherLawrence and Wishartpor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/lwish/tcc/2009/00000001/00000001/art00013por
dc.subjectDiscourse theorypor
dc.subjectPost-marxismpor
dc.subjectCommunismpor
dc.subjectHistoriographypor
dc.subjectMarxismpor
dc.title“Should we all be on Marx’s side?” Contributions of post-marxist discourse theory to the historiography of communismpor
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceLondonpor
oaire.citation.endPage218por
oaire.citation.issue1por
oaire.citation.startPage197por
oaire.citation.titleTwentieth Century Communismpor
oaire.citation.volume1por
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person.givenNameAntónio
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-3729-8034
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