Chantal Mouffe
Chantal Mouffe | |
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Mouffe in 2013 | |
| Born | 17 June 1943 Charleroi, Belgium |
| Awards | Western philosophy |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| School | Post-Marxism |
| Main interests | Political theory |
| Notable ideas | Agonism, criticism of deliberative democracy |
Chantal Mouffe (French: [muf]; born 17 June 1943) is a Belgian political theorist, formerly teaching at University of Westminster. She is best known for her and Ernesto Laclau's contribution to the development of the so-called Essex School of discourse analysis. She is a strong critic of deliberative democracy and advocates a conflict-oriented model of radical democracy.