A Dislocation without a Subject. Althusser, Laclau and Spinoza

This article studies the relation between Laclau’s concept of dislocation and Althusser’s concept of structural causality, to demonstrate that the hegemonic articulation of identities cannot be ascribed to the operation of a subject, since it can only be sustained by a social force that can either b...

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Main Author: Bruschi, Fabio
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2020
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filosofia/article/view/43140
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Summary:This article studies the relation between Laclau’s concept of dislocation and Althusser’s concept of structural causality, to demonstrate that the hegemonic articulation of identities cannot be ascribed to the operation of a subject, since it can only be sustained by a social force that can either block or mobilise processes of subjectivation.