19 February 2018 | Chantal Mouffe discusses the crucial role played in politics by what she call 'passions' to refer to the common affects that are at stake in the construction of collective identities. She scrutinizes the nature of our current 'post-democratic' condition and enquires about the affects that need to be mobilized in order to create a collective will able to give a new vigour to the democratic ideals.
Chantal Mouffe, Professor of Political Theory, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, London