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This book familiarizes the English-speaking reader with the debate on the originality of Gramsci's thought and its importance for the development of Marxist theory. The contributors present the principal viewpoints regarding Gramsci's theoretical contribution to Marxism, focussing in particular on his advances in the study of the superstructures, and discussing his relation to Marx and Lenin and his influence in Eurocommunism. Different interpretations are put forward concerning the elucidation of Gramsci's key concepts, namely: hegemony, integral state, war of position and passive revoluti.

Political conflict in our society is inevitable, and the results are often far from negative. How then should we deal with the intractable differences arising from complex modern culture? Developing her groundbreaking political philosophy of agnostics--the search for a radical and plural democracy--Chantal Mouffe examines international relations, strategies for radical politics, the future of Europe and the politics of artistic practices. She shows that in many circumstances where no alternatives seem possible, agonistics offers a new road map for change. Engaging with cosmopolitanism, post-operaism, and theories of multiple modernities she argues in favor of a multipolar world with a real cultural and political pluralism. -- Publisher's website

Lecture by Belgian political scientist Chantal Mouffe, entitled "Thinking Democracy from a Hegemonic Perspective", held on April 17, 2018 at the auditorium of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Chile. It was organized by the Center for the Study of Conflict and Social Cohesion (COES), the Doctorate in Critical Theory and Current Society of the Andrés Bello University (TECSA), Fundación Chile 21, Frierich Ebert Foundation. We thank COES for allowing us to transcribe and publish it in this issue. ; Cátedra de la politóloga belga Chantal Mouffe, titulada "Pensar la Democracia desde una Perspectiva Hegemónica", realizada el 17 de abril de 2018 en el auditorio de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios de la Universidad de Chile. Fue organizada por el Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social (COES), el Doctorado en Teoría Crítica y Sociedad Actual de la Universidad Andrés Bello (TECSA), Fundación Chile 21, Fundación Frierich Ebert. Agradecemos al COES por permitirnos su transcripción y publicación en este número.

The author discusses the current debates about modernity and postmodernity from the point of view of the radical democratic project. She tries to show that the critique of the modern rationalist universalist (Enlightenment) epistemology does not necessarily have to lead to political conservatism, as e. g. Habermas (among others) has argued. On the contrary, the critique of this epistemology is what makes possible the articulation of the project of radical and plural democracy. This project is defined as the continuation of the democratic tradition using the tools of the postmodern age. ; Avtorica obravnava aktualne razprave o modernizmu in postmodernizmu z vidika projekta radikalne demokracije. Dokazuje, da zavračanje moderne (razsvetljenske) racionalistične univerzalistične epistemologije ne pelje nujno v politični konserva-tivizem (kot meni npr. Habermas). Nasprotno, kritika te epistemologije odpira možnosti za artikulacijo projekta radikalne in pluralne demokracije. Avtorica označuje ta projekt kot nadaljevanje demokratične revolucije s pomočjo postmodernistične kritike.