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Chantal Mouffe
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Chantal Mouffe is a Belgian political scientist, philosopher, university teacher, and women's rights activist. Born in Charleroi in 1943, she has worked at the University of Westminster and the Fondation de France in London. She is a member of the Collège international de philosophie and holds a political ideology of post-Marxism. Her areas of interest include populism, and she works in the fields of politics and political philosophy.
Mouffe is educated at UCLouvain and Université Moulay-Ismaïl. She speaks French, English, and Spanish. She is married to Ernesto Laclau. Her notable works include *Democracia participativa e izquierdas*, *Quelle citoyenneté pour quelle démocratie?*, *Construir pueblo*, *Open 16*, and *Agonistics*.
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- Works
- 39
Top works
- Democracia participativa e izquierdas
- Quelle citoyenneté pour quelle démocratie?
- Construir pueblo
- Open 16
- Agonistics
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1943-06-17 ) 17 June 1943 (age 82) , Charleroi , Belgium
- Era
- Contemporary philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Post-Marxism
- Main interests
- Political theory
- Notable ideas
- Agonism , criticism of deliberative democracy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Chantal
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Charleroi
- Spouse
- Ernesto Laclau
- Occupation
- women's rights activist
- Educated at
- Université Moulay-Ismaïl
- Employer
- Fondation de France
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Field of work
- political philosophy
- Image
- Chantal Mouffe 2013.jpg
- Work location
- London
- Political ideology
- post-Marxism
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- date of birth
- 1943-06-17
- interested in
- populism
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- Chantal Mouffe
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Encyclopedic overview
Chantal Mouffe ( French: [muf]; born 17 June 1943) is a Belgian political theorist, 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.
Education
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