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ISSN: 1130-5738
Artikulu honen xede nagusia da Essexeko Eskolaren diskurtsoaren teoriaren oinarriak azaltzea. Zehazki, eskola horren kategoria nagusiak aztertu eta izan ditzakeen indargune eta gabeziak azalaraztea izango da gure helburua. Hori lortze aldera, lehenik eta behin, ezinbestekoa da eskolaren mapa kontzeptual bat eskaintzea. Horren bidez, azken hamarkadetan era abstraktuan garaturiko kontzeptuak mahai gainean jarri, dituzten ezaugarri nagusiak azaldu eta piztu diren eztabaidak jasoko dira. Ostean, ikuspegi horrek dituen gabeziak era kritikoan aztertuko ditugu. Gure ikuspegitik, teorialari nagusiek aldarrikatzen dutenaren kontra, hustasun ontologiko baten gainean eraiki dute euren eskolaren teorizazio-lana. Haren indargune nagusia hegemonia eta identitate berrien eraikuntza izango den arren, oinarri materialik gabeko eraikina eraiki dutela esan genezake.
Gako-hitzak: Hegemonia -- Artikulazioa -- Populismoa -- Essexeko Eskola -- Diskurtsoaren teoria
[Title]
The Theory of Discourse of the Essex School: the basis of contemporary theory of hegemony[Abstract]
The main goal of this article is to explain the basis of the theory of discourse of the Essex School. More concretely, we will analyse its main categories and appraise its strengths and weaknesses. Firstly, we will focus on the state of the art. Through that, we are going to describe their abstract concepts, explain their main features and give an overall view of the main academic debates on the topic. Secondly, we will analyse their weaknesses from a critical approach. From our point of view, in contrast to the opinion of the most relevant members of the school, they have built their theory on an empty ontology. Thus, although their main strength lies in the study of hegemony and the construction of new identities, they do not take into account the material basis of social relations.
Key words: Hegemony -- Articulation -- Populism -- Essex School -- Theory of Discourse