Mark Wenman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4375987 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Wenman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Wenman |
| SIGNATURE | WENMAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Politics of Poststructuralism Today
Much Ado about ‘Nothing: Evaluating Three Immanent Critiques of Poststructuralism
In this article, I defend Jacques Derrida’s assumptions about language and discourse from three immanent critiques of poststructuralism. I refer to these as the ethical, metaphysical and political critiques. At the heart of Derrida’s approach is an emphasis on the terrain of signification, understood as a precondition of our perception of/engagement with ‘the world’. This is encapsulated in his statement that ‘there is no(thing) outside of the te…
William E. Connolly: Resuming the Pluralist Tradition in American Political Science
William Connolly has made important interventions in political theory over a period of four decades, and the past few years have seen a surge in recognition of his contribution. Those who are familiar with Connolly’s ideas will know the role that continental theorists—especially Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze—have played in the development of his thought, and more recently the uses he has made of advances in the natural …
On the Risk and Opportunity in the Mouffean Encounter with Carl Schmitt
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMark WenmanMark Wenman is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Nottingham, and currently a lead Editor of Political Studies and Editor in Chief of Political Studies Review. He has published numerous articles on pluralism, post-structuralism, and democratic theory, and has recently completed a monograph entitled Agonistic Democracy: Constituent power in the Era of Globalisation, which was published…
Agonistic Democracy: Constituent Power in the Era of Globalisation
This pioneering book delivers a systematic account of agonistic democracy, and a much-needed analysis of the core components of agonism: pluralism, tragedy, and the value of conflict. It also traces the history of these ideas, identifying the connections with republicanism and with Greek antiquity. Mark Wenman presents a critical appraisal of the leading contemporary proponents of agonism and, in a series of well-crafted and comprehensive discuss…
Human emotions: A sociological theory by Jonathan H. Turner | Radical democracy: politics between abundance and lack by Lasse Thomassen and Lars T⊘nder, eds | Aversive democracy: inheritance and origi…
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On the Young Hirst: A Rejoinder to Jason Edwards and Kelvin Knight
In a recent article in Political Studies I presented a critical overview of Paul Hirst's theory of ‘associative democracy’ ( Wenman, 2007 ). I emphasised his proximity to English pluralism and especially to the work of G. D. H. Cole. I argued that — like Cole — Hirst's theory moves in a contradictory fashion between an advocacy of pluralism and the assumption of a unified social purpose which is manifest in his defence of functionalism and corpor…
Agonism, Pluralism, and Contemporary Capitalism: An Interview with William E. Connolly
William E. Connolly: Pluralism without Transcendence
In the context of multiculturalism and identity politics the concept of ‘pluralism’ has become the common sense of our times. Here, I mark out the distinctiveness of William Connolly's approach to pluralism vis-à-vis the neo-Kantian perspectives of John Rawls and Jurgen Habermas. Unlike the neo-Kantian perspectives, Connolly's account of ‘network pluralism’ denies the possibility of any element of transcendence from the plurality of forces that m…
English Pluralism, Functionalism and Corporatism: The Legacy of Paul Hirst
Paul Hirst began his career as a Marxist, and in his later work he made important contributions to numerous debates, the most notorious of which was his pronounced scepticism towards the idea of globalisation. However, Hirst's principal legacy to political theory was the development of his normative theory of ‘associative democracy’. This article presents a critique of Hirst's theory emphasising his indebtedness to the tradition of English politi…
Pluralism
On the Political
Laclau or Mouffe? Splitting the Difference
The majority of those who comment upon the theories of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe - both supporters and critics - treat the work of the two authors as a coherent unity. I see acute differences that demarcate the ideas of Laclau and Mouffe: differences that impede any straightforward delimitation of the authorial identity `Laclau and Mouffe'. The purpose of this paper is to bring to the fore the incommensurate political differences that sep…
What is Politics? The Approach of Radical Pluralism
In this article I evaluate the conceptions of politics and of ‘the political’ characteristic of ‘radical pluralism’. I argue that in order to comprehend the radically pluralist conception of politics it is necessary to grasp the post-structuralist critique of the philosophical principle of identity. The concern with the interface between politics and ethics – which is typical of the radical pluralist approach – is also explored. Throughout the ar…
Agonistic Pluralism’ and Three Archetypal Forms of Politics
Agonistic Pluralism’ and Three Archetypal Forms of Politics
What is Politics? The Approach of Radical Pluralism
In this article I evaluate the conceptions of politics and of ‘the political’ characteristic of ‘radical pluralism’. I argue that in order to comprehend the radically pluralist conception of politics it is necessary to grasp the post-structuralist critique of the philosophical principle of identity. The concern with the interface between politics and ethics – which is typical of the radical pluralist approach – is also explored. Throughout the ar…
Agonism, Pluralism, and Contemporary Capitalism: An Interview with William E. Connolly
Laclau or Mouffe? Splitting the Difference
The majority of those who comment upon the theories of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe - both supporters and critics - treat the work of the two authors as a coherent unity. I see acute differences that demarcate the ideas of Laclau and Mouffe: differences that impede any straightforward delimitation of the authorial identity `Laclau and Mouffe'. The purpose of this paper is to bring to the fore the incommensurate political differences that sep…
English Pluralism, Functionalism and Corporatism: The Legacy of Paul Hirst
Paul Hirst began his career as a Marxist, and in his later work he made important contributions to numerous debates, the most notorious of which was his pronounced scepticism towards the idea of globalisation. However, Hirst's principal legacy to political theory was the development of his normative theory of ‘associative democracy’. This article presents a critique of Hirst's theory emphasising his indebtedness to the tradition of English politi…
Much Ado about ‘Nothing: Evaluating Three Immanent Critiques of Poststructuralism
In this article, I defend Jacques Derrida’s assumptions about language and discourse from three immanent critiques of poststructuralism. I refer to these as the ethical, metaphysical and political critiques. At the heart of Derrida’s approach is an emphasis on the terrain of signification, understood as a precondition of our perception of/engagement with ‘the world’. This is encapsulated in his statement that ‘there is no(thing) outside of the te…
William E. Connolly: Resuming the Pluralist Tradition in American Political Science
William Connolly has made important interventions in political theory over a period of four decades, and the past few years have seen a surge in recognition of his contribution. Those who are familiar with Connolly’s ideas will know the role that continental theorists—especially Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze—have played in the development of his thought, and more recently the uses he has made of advances in the natural …
William E. Connolly: Pluralism without Transcendence
In the context of multiculturalism and identity politics the concept of ‘pluralism’ has become the common sense of our times. Here, I mark out the distinctiveness of William Connolly's approach to pluralism vis-à-vis the neo-Kantian perspectives of John Rawls and Jurgen Habermas. Unlike the neo-Kantian perspectives, Connolly's account of ‘network pluralism’ denies the possibility of any element of transcendence from the plurality of forces that m…
The Politics of Poststructuralism Today
On the Risk and Opportunity in the Mouffean Encounter with Carl Schmitt
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMark WenmanMark Wenman is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Nottingham, and currently a lead Editor of Political Studies and Editor in Chief of Political Studies Review. He has published numerous articles on pluralism, post-structuralism, and democratic theory, and has recently completed a monograph entitled Agonistic Democracy: Constituent power in the Era of Globalisation, which was published…
On the Young Hirst: A Rejoinder to Jason Edwards and Kelvin Knight
In a recent article in Political Studies I presented a critical overview of Paul Hirst's theory of ‘associative democracy’ ( Wenman, 2007 ). I emphasised his proximity to English pluralism and especially to the work of G. D. H. Cole. I argued that — like Cole — Hirst's theory moves in a contradictory fashion between an advocacy of pluralism and the assumption of a unified social purpose which is manifest in his defence of functionalism and corpor…
On the Political
Laclau or Mouffe? Splitting the Difference
The majority of those who comment upon the theories of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe - both supporters and critics - treat the work of the two authors as a coherent unity. I see acute differences that demarcate the ideas of Laclau and Mouffe: differences that impede any straightforward delimitation of the authorial identity `Laclau and Mouffe'. The purpose of this paper is to bring to the fore the incommensurate political differences that sep…
What is Politics? The Approach of Radical Pluralism
In this article I evaluate the conceptions of politics and of ‘the political’ characteristic of ‘radical pluralism’. I argue that in order to comprehend the radically pluralist conception of politics it is necessary to grasp the post-structuralist critique of the philosophical principle of identity. The concern with the interface between politics and ethics – which is typical of the radical pluralist approach – is also explored. Throughout the ar…
Agonistic Pluralism’ and Three Archetypal Forms of Politics
William E. Connolly: Pluralism without Transcendence
In the context of multiculturalism and identity politics the concept of ‘pluralism’ has become the common sense of our times. Here, I mark out the distinctiveness of William Connolly's approach to pluralism vis-à-vis the neo-Kantian perspectives of John Rawls and Jurgen Habermas. Unlike the neo-Kantian perspectives, Connolly's account of ‘network pluralism’ denies the possibility of any element of transcendence from the plurality of forces that m…
English Pluralism, Functionalism and Corporatism: The Legacy of Paul Hirst
Paul Hirst began his career as a Marxist, and in his later work he made important contributions to numerous debates, the most notorious of which was his pronounced scepticism towards the idea of globalisation. However, Hirst's principal legacy to political theory was the development of his normative theory of ‘associative democracy’. This article presents a critique of Hirst's theory emphasising his indebtedness to the tradition of English politi…
Pluralism
On the Political
Human emotions: A sociological theory by Jonathan H. Turner | Radical democracy: politics between abundance and lack by Lasse Thomassen and Lars T⊘nder, eds | Aversive democracy: inheritance and origi…
TEST 02 - Elsevier's Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Search and access research from the science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts and humanities fields
On the Young Hirst: A Rejoinder to Jason Edwards and Kelvin Knight
In a recent article in Political Studies I presented a critical overview of Paul Hirst's theory of ‘associative democracy’ ( Wenman, 2007 ). I emphasised his proximity to English pluralism and especially to the work of G. D. H. Cole. I argued that — like Cole — Hirst's theory moves in a contradictory fashion between an advocacy of pluralism and the assumption of a unified social purpose which is manifest in his defence of functionalism and corpor…
Agonism, Pluralism, and Contemporary Capitalism: An Interview with William E. Connolly
Agonistic Democracy: Constituent Power in the Era of Globalisation
This pioneering book delivers a systematic account of agonistic democracy, and a much-needed analysis of the core components of agonism: pluralism, tragedy, and the value of conflict. It also traces the history of these ideas, identifying the connections with republicanism and with Greek antiquity. Mark Wenman presents a critical appraisal of the leading contemporary proponents of agonism and, in a series of well-crafted and comprehensive discuss…
On the Risk and Opportunity in the Mouffean Encounter with Carl Schmitt
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMark WenmanMark Wenman is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Nottingham, and currently a lead Editor of Political Studies and Editor in Chief of Political Studies Review. He has published numerous articles on pluralism, post-structuralism, and democratic theory, and has recently completed a monograph entitled Agonistic Democracy: Constituent power in the Era of Globalisation, which was published…
William E. Connolly: Resuming the Pluralist Tradition in American Political Science
William Connolly has made important interventions in political theory over a period of four decades, and the past few years have seen a surge in recognition of his contribution. Those who are familiar with Connolly’s ideas will know the role that continental theorists—especially Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze—have played in the development of his thought, and more recently the uses he has made of advances in the natural …
The Politics of Poststructuralism Today
Much Ado about ‘Nothing: Evaluating Three Immanent Critiques of Poststructuralism
In this article, I defend Jacques Derrida’s assumptions about language and discourse from three immanent critiques of poststructuralism. I refer to these as the ethical, metaphysical and political critiques. At the heart of Derrida’s approach is an emphasis on the terrain of signification, understood as a precondition of our perception of/engagement with ‘the world’. This is encapsulated in his statement that ‘there is no(thing) outside of the te…
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