Ethics and politics in contemporary theory: between critical theory and post-Marxism

The ends of Marx(ism)? -- Language, communication, performativity -- Performativity and politics : from Habermas to Laclau -- Politics, idealisation and performativity -- Quasi-transcendentalism and critical theory -- The politics of subjectivity -- Deliberative or radical democracy? the politics of performativity -- Post-structuralism and democratic theory -- Ethics and politics in discourse theory.