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This chapter is about change at both the individual level and the socioeconomic, political level. Hak considers revolutionary and democratic change; Gramscian notions of counterhegemonic struggle; Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm shift; Laclau’s construction of the people; Negri and Hardt’s belief in the energy of the multitude; and a populist model. With regard to the assumption of individual political identities, Althusser’s idea of interpellation, Žižek’s use of Lacan’s concept of jouissance, and a Sartre short story are examined.
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Hak, G. (2017). The Question of Change. In: Locating the Left in Difficult Times. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54343-7_4
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